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boston — historical, literary, educa- 
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The Principal Places in Boston and 
How TO Reach them by Trolley 

The Illusi rations have been carefuUv selected 
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THE historic associations of Boston have for 
years been a lodestone drawing countless patri- 
otic Americans to the city's hospitable doors. 
But Boston is no less remarkable for its present 
civic life and for its literary, educational, musical, 
artistic, and philanthropic interests. While not un- 
mindful of those associations which thrill the visitor 
as, approaching the city by train, he sees the gilded 
dome of the State House, or by water, the towering 
monument of Bunker Hill, we have endeavored to 
give due emphasis to the many culture sides of 
modern Boston. 

Great care has been taken to have our data 
accurate and to state our facts briefly. To assist 
the stranger to see things easily, we have made the 
Nutshell Boston clear, concise, and convenient to 
carry. For his benefit we have given minute trolley 
directions and tried in the fullest sense to be a 
guide. But we have had in mind not only the 
tourist, but also the thousands of busy students and 
citizens who, specializing in their own lines, have 
not had the leisure to get a perspective of Boston 
as a whole. 

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CONTENTS 

Complete Index — See Page 86 

PAGE 

BOSTON — Old and New l 

Transportation ......... 5 

Hotels lo 

Places of Historic Interest » » . 13 

A Literary Ramble in Boston ......... 26 

Museums 27 

Libraries, etc. ......... ... 30 

Universities, Colleges, and Schools , ... 34 

Art, Music, and Other Schools ... ... 42 

Musical Organizations 44 

Clubs which Foster Art 46 

Military Organizations . 47 

Directory of Clubs and Other Organizations . . 48 

Charity and Philanthropy 52 

Directory of Leading Churches ........ 61 

Hospitals 67 

Monuments and Statues 68 

Public Buildings and Offices ......... 69 

Directory of Halls . 69 

Opera House and Theatres ......... 71 

Parks and Pleasure Grounds . 72 

Historic Environs 75 

Boston as Trip Center . . c . 82 

Note 85 

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Boston — Old and New 

BOSTON, one of the oldest and most interesting cities in 
the United States, and the second port of the country 
commercially, was named after a town in Lincolnshire, Eng- 
land, the native village of some of the leaders of the colony. 
The Indians had called it Shawmut, the place where boats go, 
and the English, Trimountain, from the three large hills. 
Boston early manifested her literary and educational bent. 
The first school in America, the Boys' English and Latin 
School, was founded here in 1635, and the first newspaper 
published in the new country, the " Boston News Letter," 
made its appearance in 1 704. Commerce developed quickly. 
That Boston soon had a sea-going trade is shown by the fact 
that a wharf was built in 1673. In 1693 Boston became the 
capital of the Royal Province. In the eighteenth century she 
was the largest and most important town in America, and for 
years was the center of the events which led up to the Revo- 
lution. The Stamp Act took place in 1765, the occupation of 
the town by the British soldiery in 1 768, the Boston Massacre 
in 1770, the Boston Tea Party in 1773, and the great struggle 
came two years later. In 1822 Boston received her city 
charter, and fifty years afterwards occurred the great Boston 
fire, which swept much of the business portion of the city 
out of existence. 

Boston is situated on the peninsula between the Charles River 
and Boston Harbor. Nineteen bridges connect the peninsula 
on which Boston proper is located with the surrounding 
section. Among them may be mentioned the Broadway Bridge 
connecting Boston with South Boston, the Charlestown Bridge 
connecting Charlestown with Boston, the Harvard Bridge con- 
necting Back Bay Boston with residential Cambridge, and 
the new Cambridge Bridge between West End Boston and 
Cambridge. 

The harbor is one of the best and most beautiful on the 
Atlantic seacoast. Both Boston Light and the new Graves Light 
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can be seen far out at sea, while Bug Light is a noted harbor 
mark. The inner and outer harbor are connected by a deep 
waterway known as President's Road. Extensive improve- 
ments by United States engineers are now being carried on. 
The channel is being widened and deepened. A new sixteen 
story Custom House, which will be the first government 
"sky-scraper" in the country, is now under construction and 
bids fair to be a landmark overshadowing the famous golden 
dome of the State House. Fort Independence was the first 
fortified island in the country. Fort Warren is one of the 
most important of the harbor fortifications. 

East Boston has three of the largest steamship piers on the 
Atlantic coast, piers which will accommodate six ocean liners 
the size of the Maiirelauia. 

The capital of Massachusetts and the largest city of New 
England, Boston has for years held her own as one of the 
greatest cuUure centers of the world. Historically, Boston 
is the most interesting city in the United States, while 
commercially and as a center of manufactures, it is one of the 
most important. Its growth is shown by the fact that while 
its population has been increased seven per cent, its manu- 
factured products have increased twenty-three per cent. 

In proportion to her population, Boston is the wealthiest 
city in America. One-fifth of the savings of the American 
people are in the co-operative and savings banks of Massa- 
chusetts. One-thirteenth of the clearing house business of 
the United States is done in Boston. Next to New York, 
Boston is the largest port in the country. It is nearer to 
Liverpool and the Mediterranean ports by direct steamer than 
any other great market on the Atlantic seacoast. It has more 
varied industries than any other American city. Boots, shoes, 
hardware, candy, machinery, and cotton are a few of the New 
England manufactures which Boston markets. It is the l-rgest 
market for hides and leather, and the greatest center of boot 
and shoe manufactures in the world. Since 1869 three 
billion pairs of shoes have been shipped from Boston. It 
manufactures more rubber goods than any other place in the 
United States, and next to London is the greatest wool 
market in the world. 

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In Boston are the offices of the great cotton manufacturing 
industries, and within a few miles are the mills which make 
the section the country's leading center of this industry. 
Practically all the shoe machinery used in the United States is 
manufactured near Boston. It is the greatest fresh fish market 
in the United States, and the second in the world, over $6,000,- 
000 worth of fish, exclusive of shell-fish, being handled annu- 
ally. T Wharf is famous as the terminus of the Gloucester 
fishing smacks. 

By reason of their superior skill and the better organization 
of the industries which center in Boston, New England work- 
nen have an average earning power greater by eighty per cent 
than that of the wage earners of the country at large. One of 
the great ship-building plants of the country is at Fore River, 
in the suburbs of the city, and at this plant naval vessels for 
foreign countries are frequently constructed. In another 
suburb, Waltham, is the finest watch factory in the world. 
The summer resorts to which Boston is the gateway bring in 
annually more than $60,000,000 a year, whereas all the silver 
mines of the country last year produced only $28,000,000. 

The methods of Boston business men are conservative and 
safe, and Boston capital has been largely instrumental in 
developing the West. The most important business streets 
are Washington, Summer, Winter, Franklin, State, Temple 
Place, Boylston, and Tremont. 

Boston is one of the healthiest cities in America. It has 
excellent sewerage. All Boston is served by the Metropolitan 
sewerage system, there being over one hundred miles of sewer- 
age with six pumping stations. The water supply of Metro- 
politan Boston comes from three watersheds, Cochituate, 
Sudbury, and Wachusett, the Wachusett Reservoir furnishing 
the largest volume. 

The Colleges of Boston are world-famous. Its Schools 
are unequaled, and few cities in the world have such well- 
managed charities and philanthropies. 

A few of the many distinguished men who have lived here 

are Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Gilbert Stuart, Paul 

Revere, Increase and Cotton Mather, Horace Mann, Daniel 

Webster, Rufus Choate, Charles Sumner, Edward Everett, 

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Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Motley, Bancroft, 
Hawthorne, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Longfellow, Emerson, 
Asa Gray, Louis Agassiz, James T. Fields, Philhps Brooks, 
Henry James, T. B. Aldrich, and William D. Howells. 

Much of Back Bay, the fashionable residential part of 
Boston, is situated on made land, as is also the South End, 
which was formerly the fashionable section. Brookline is 
Boston's most beautiful suburb. It is a place of luxurious 
homes, spacious grounds, and broad boulevards, and is by far 
the wealthiest town on this side of the Atlantic. 

The best residential streets of Boston are Commonwealth 
Ave., Beacon St., and Marlborough St. Architecturally, Copley 
Sq. is very fine — with the New Old South, the Boston Public 
Library, Trinity Church, and the ivy-covered Unitarian Church 
facing upon it. In recent years the Fenway district, between 
Boston and Brookline, has rapidly grown up as a rival to 
Copley Sq. The Harvard Medical School, the New Opera 
House, Tufts Medical and Dental College, Simmons College, the 
Boston Normal School, the Jewish Synagogue, the New Museum 
of Fine Arts, Mrs. "Jack" Gardner's Italian Palace, and other 
beautiful buildings are grouped here. 

Boston has the most attractive park system of any city in 
the country. It has a continuous drive over eighteen miles. 
Franklin Park, containing 527 acres, is Boston's largest park. 
Back Bay Fens, which is used as a driving park, is skillfully laid 
out with trees and shrubs. 

The population of Boston in 1910 was 670,585- Her suburbs, 
however, if included, would bring her population to much 
over 1,000,000. Originally, Boston contained 650 acres; now 
the city extends over 1500. As in the old days all roads led to 
Rome, so to-day all railroads and trolley lines in New England 
iCad to the Hub. 

Transportation 

Railroad Stations 

The railroads come into Boston in two main stations. 

North Station, Causeway St. (Shuttle Elevated Train from 
South Station or surface cars in Subway to North Station.) 
The Boston and Maine Railroad with its many branches enters 
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here. It was opened June, 1904. The shed contains twenty- 
three tracks, and there are 650 trains a day during the summer. 
Many letters go by pneumatic tubes from the North Station 
Post Office to tiie main Boston Post Office, and a special mail 
train runs between the North and the South stations. There 
are many conveniences for the traveler. Among them are an 
inquiry office, a parcel room, telegraph and telephone offices, a 
dining-room and two lunch rooms, several news-stands, an 
American Express office, and a covered carriage square. 

South Station, Summer St. and Atlantic Ave. (From North 
Station take Shuttle Elevated. From Back Bay district take 
Subway cars to Boylston St., there change to outside surface 
cars, being sure to ask for transfer upon payment of fare.) 
Opened in 1899- It was one of the first of the great railway 
stations of tlie world, being a half mile from tip of one wing 
to tip of the other. It is occupied by the Boston and Albany 
and by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroads. 
Trains from New York and from the South and West enter 
here. The station covers thirteen acres, four miles of trackage 
are under the roof, and twenty-eight tracks enter the main floor. 
Over 3500 cars and 280 tons of mail are handled daily, and 
2,800,000 packages of baggage annually. 

The Boston Terminal runs cars practically only eighteen 
hours out of twenty-four; but no station in the world runs as 
many trains per hour as the Boston Terminal — maximum 
number of trains run in one day, 929. The station, although 
large, is conveniently arranged. The naming of rows of seats 
in the waiting room after the counties of Massachusetts makes 
it easy to meet friends. The station contains among other 
things dining and lunch rooms, news-stands, an information 
bureau, a post office, telephone and telegraph offices, a barber 
shop, a shoe polishing stand, and a carriage and auto shed. 

Huntington Ave. Station, between Dartmouth and Exeter 
Sts. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Exeter St.) 
Inward Boston and Albany trains. Those expecting to stay in 
Back Bay district may leave train here. 

Trinity Place Station, between Trinity Place and Dartmouth 
St. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) 
Outward bound Boston and Albany trains. 
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Back Bay Station, Dartmouth St., near Columbus Ave. 
(Columbus Ave. surface car in Subway to Station.) New 
Vork, New Haven and Hartford trains, both inward and 
outward bound. 

Carriages. Per drive in city, each person, 50 cents. After 
midnight, double fare. Fare $1.00 an hour for one horse, 
$1.50 an hour for two horse vehicle. Additional charges to 
Brookline, Charlestown, and Cambridge. 

Rates of Public Autos other than taxicabs same as for 
liorse-drawn carriages . 

Taxicab Rates. 50 cents a mile or 30 cents for first half 
mile, and to cents for each additional quarter mile. 10 cents 
is charged for each six minutes of waiting. 

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Steamship Lines — Transatlantic 

Allan Line to Glasgow at Mystic Docks, Chelsea St., Charles- 
town. (Revere Beach surface car in Subway at Scollay Sq.) 

Cunard Line to Liverpool, Queenstown, and Fishguard. 
East Boston (East Boston Tunnel car in Subway at Scollay Sq.) 

Leyland Line to Liverpool, Boston & Albany Docks, East 
Boston. (Take Revere Beach and Lynn Ferry or Tunnel Car 
to Maverick Sq.) 

Warren Line to Liverpool at Hoosac Docks, Water St., 
Charlestown. (Sullivan Sq. Elevated to City Sq., or any 
Bunker Hill surface car at North Station.) 

White Star Line to Liverpool via Queenstown at Hoosac 
Docks, Water St., Charlestown. (Sullivan Sq. Elevated to City 
Sq., or any Bunker Hill surface car at North Station.) 



Freight Only 

Hamburg-American Line to Hamburg at Mystic Docks, 
Chelsea St., Charlestown. (Revere Beach surface car in Sub- 
way at Scollay Sq.) 

Wilson Line to Hull, via New York at Mystic Docks, Chelsea 
St., Charlestown. (Revere Beach surface car \n Subway at 
Scollay Sq.) 

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Stezunship Lines — Coastwise 

Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company at Central 

Wharf. (Elevated to State St.) 

Dominion Atlantic Ry. S. S. Line. From Long Wharf for 
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. (Elevated to State St.) 

Eastern Steamship Company have boats in the Bangor, 
Portland, Kennebec, and International Divisions, leaving Foster, 
India and Central Wharfs. (Atlantic Ave. Elevated to Rowes 
Wharf, or surface car to Rowes Wharf.) 

Merchants and Miners at Battery and Fisk Wharfs for 
Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport News, Providence, Savannah, and 
Philadelphia. 

Plant Line to Halifax and St. Johns at Commercial Wharf. 

(Elevated to State St.) 
Savannah Line at Lewis Wharf. (Elevated to Battery St.) 
United Fruit Co. to Jamaica and Central America. Long 

Wharf, Atlantic Ave. (Elevated to State St.) 

Stezunship Lines — To New York 

Colonial Line. Train from South Station to Providence, 
where boat is taken. (Elevated to South Station, or surface 
car on Washington St. marked South Station.) 

Fall River Line. Train from South Station to Fall River, 
where boat is taken. (Elevated to South Station, or surface 
car on Washington St. marked South Station.) 

Metropolitan Line. All the way by water. India Wharf. 
(Elevated to State St., or surface car to Rowes Wharf.) 

Note — For local Water Excursions see " Trips Around 
Boston." 

Ferries 

East Boston South Ferry on Eastern Ave. off Commercial 
St. (Atlantic Ave. Elevated to Battery St.) 

East Boston North Ferry, Commercial and Battery Sts. 
(Atlantic Ave. Elevated to Battery St.) 

Chelsea Ferry, foot of Hanover St. (Atlantic Elevated to 
Battery St.) 

Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Ferry. (Washington 
St. surface car to Rowes Wharf or Elevated to Rowes Wharf.) 
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Key to Trolley System 

Boston Elevated Railway Co. The service of the Boston 
Elevated Railway Co., combining Elevated, Subway, Cambridge 
Tunnel and Viaduct, and Surface systems, is excellent. Every- 
thing runs lilce clockwork, and tremendous crowds are handled 
with the greatest ease. The Subway, completed in 1898, is 
the best lighted and ventilated subway in the world, and the 
East Boston Tunnel, opened in 1904, the Washington St. Tunnel, 
[)pened in 1 908, the Cambridge Tunnel and East Cambridge 
Viaduct opened in 1912, are marvels of engineering skill. 

There are many transfer points. Park St. is the central 
Subway transfer station. In coming from the North Station 
or Charlestown, transfer at Park St. to surface cars for Back 
Bay district and for Brookline, Brighton, Newton, and, by 
connection, for Worcester, Norumbega Park, South Framing- 
ham, and Waltham. Transfer is made at Park St. for Cam- 
bridge Tunnel. Passengers for Watertown, Waverley, Belmont, 
and Arlington Heights should take Cambridge Tunnel and 
transfer at Harvard Sq. Going north, transfer is made at 
Park St. for East Cambridge by way of the Viaduct, also from 
Subway to Elevated trains at Hay market Sq., and going south, 
from Elevated to Subway at Friend St. At Scollay Sq. station 
in Subway, transfer is made for East Boston Tunnel, and 
transfer may be made in new Washington St. Tunnel for East 
Boston Tunnel at State St. station. Also one changes at 
Scollay Sq. for surface cars to Lynn, Salem, Marblehead, and 
Swampscott. 

Passengers for Charlestown from Back Bay will transfer at 
Park St. and again at Haymarket Sq. Those going from 
Back Bay hotels to North Station will transfer at Park St., 
while those going to South Station and Rowe's Wharf will 
take Subway cars to Boylston St., where they may transfer 
for surface cars, being sure to ask conductor for transfer 
upon payment of fare. Also cars may be taken at Boylston St. 
Subway for Shawmut Ave., Columbus Ave., and Tremont St. 

Sullivan Sq. station in Charlestown and Dudley St. station 

in Roxbury are important transfer stations for both Elevated 

and Surface systems. At Sullivan Sq. one transfers for Medford, 

Everett, Maiden, Arlington Heights, and Middlesex Fells, and 

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changes for Lowell, Lawrence, Wakefield, Wincliester, Wohurn, 
Lexington Park, Lexington, and Concord. At Dudley St. sta- 
tion transfer is made for Mattapan, Neponset, Milton, Grove 
Hall, Dorchester, Arnold Arboretum, and change for the Blue 
Hills and Quincy. 

A Shuttle Elevated train runs between the North and the South 
stations. The quickest way from Dudley St. transfer station 
to the North Station is by way of the Washington St. Tunnel. 
The Elevated has been recently extended to Forest Hills. 
Through trains are run from Sullivan Sq., Charlestown, to 
Forest Hills by way of the Washington St. Tunnel and 
Dudley St. 

Through cars to Framingham and Worcester leave Park Sq. 
near Boylston St. transfer station of the Subway once in half 
an hour. Also express cars leave Park Sq. every half hour for 
Worcester. Surface cars, not entering the Subway, run from 
South End to West End and on Washington, Tremont, and 
Cambridge Sts. Surface cars stop only at points indicated by 
white bands on posts. 

Through car to Providence and Fall River leaves during the 
summer season at 2.45 P-M. daily, connecting with the New 
York boats at both places. 

The Boston Elevated Railway Co. is thoughtful for the 
comfort of its patrons. Those coming from other cities will 
appreciate the fact that exits and entrances of cars going 
North and South in the Subway and Tunnel are separate, 
which greatly relieves congestion at rush hours. The transfer 
system may at Inst seem intricate, but it is well planned, and 
the Nutshell Boston Guide will help to simplify things for the 
stranger. 

Hotels from $3.00 a Day Up 

Beaconsfield, Brookline. (Any Reservoir car in Subway 
passes the door.) Rates $5.00 a day up. 

Buckminster, 645 Beacon St. (Reservoir Beacon St. car in 
Subway to Hotel.) Suites $5-00 a day up. 

Copley-Plaza, Copley Sq. (Any Boylston St. or Hunting- 
ton Ave. car in Subway to Copley Sq.) Single room $3.50 
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Somerset, corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Charlesgate. 
(Take Commonwealth Ave. or Beacon St. car in Subway.) 
Single room $3.00 a day up. 

Touraine, corner of Boylston and Tremont Sts. (Take 
Subway to Boylston St.) Single room $3.50 a day up. 

Hotel Vendome, corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Dart- 
mouth St. (Any Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Dart- 
mouth St.) American plan only. Single room $5.00 a day up. 

Good Moderate Priced Hotels 

Adams House, 553 Washington St. (Subway to Boylston St. 
or Washington St. surface cars.) Single room $1.50 a day up. 

American House, 56 Hanover St. (Subway to Scoilay Sq.) 
Single room $1.00 a day up. 

Hotel Bellevue, 21 Beacon St. (Subway to Park St.) 
Single room $2.00 a day up. 

Boston Tavern, 347 Washington St. (Any Washington St. 
surface car to Milk St.) Single room $1 .50 a day up. 

Hotel Brunswick, corner of Boylston and Clarendon Sts. 
(Huntington Ave. or Boylston St. surface cars in Subway to 
Clarendon St.) Single room $1.50 a day up. 

Commonwealth Hotel, Mt. Vernon St. (Subway to Park 
St.) Single room $1.00 a day up. 

Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Ave. (Huntington Ave. 
surface cars in Subway to Exeter St.) Single room $1.00 a 
day up. 

Crawford House, S3 Court St. (Subway to Scoilay Sq.) 
Single room $l.fX) a day up. 

Hotel Essex, Dewey Sq., across from South Station. 
(Elevated to Si'uth Station or surface cars on Washington St. 
marked South Station.) Single room $1.50 a day up. 

Hotel Langham, Worcester St. (Dudley St. car going 
South.) Single room $1.00 a day up. 

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Hotel Lenox, corner of Exeter and Boylston Sts. (Any 
Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Exeter St.) Single room 
$2.00 a day up. 

Hotel Nottingham, 25 Huntington Ave. (Huntington Ave. 
surface car in Subway to Hotel.) Single room $1 .00 a day up. 

Hotel Oxford, 40 Huntington Ave. (Huntington Ave. 
surface car in Subway to Hotel.) Single room $1.00 a day up. 

Parker House, corner of Tremont and School Sts. (Subway 
to Park St.) Single room $1.50 a day up. 

Hotel Puritan, 390 Commonwealth Ave. (Cambridge or 
Beacon St. car in Subway.) Single room $1.50 a day up. 

Quincy House, 47 Brattle St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 
Single room $1.00 a day up. 

Hotel Georgian, Park Sq. (Any Boylston St. or Hunting- 
ton Ave. car in Subway to Public Gardens.) Cafd. Bachelor 
apartments. Single room $2.00 a day up. 

Hemenway Chambers, Westland Ave. and Hemenway St. 
(Brookline Ave. car in Subway to Hemenway St.) Single room 
$2.00 a day up. 

Hotel Thomdike, 240 Boylston St. (Any south bound 
surface car in Subway to Public Gardens.) Single room $1.50 
a day up. 

United States Hotel, 90 Beach St. (Near South Station. 
From North Station take Washington St. surface car to Beach 
St. or Elevated to South Station.) Single room $1 .00 per day up. 

Hotel Victoria, corner of Dartmouth and Newbury Sts. 
(Any Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) 
Single room $2.00 a day up. 

Hotel Westminster, corner of Trinity Place and St. James 
Ave. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Trinity 
Place.) Single room $2.00 a day up. 

Young's Hotel, Court St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) Single 
room $1.50 a day up. 

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Places of Historic Interest 

In many cases, places grouped together will he found within 
walking distance of one another. The repeated trolley direc- 
tions are intended for those who have a limited time at their 
disposal, and must make a choice. 

Charlestown 

Old Phipps St. Burying Ground. (Main St. surface car. 
North Station, to Phipps St.) John Harvard, for whom Harvard 
University was named, buried here in 1638. The graduates of 
the University erected a monument to his memory in 1828. 

Birthplace of Samuel Morse. (Main St. surface car, North 
Station, to Wood St.) Tablet on the house. Here was born 
Samuel Morse, inventor of the electric telegraph, in 1791. 

Bunker Hill Monument, Monument Sq., Charlestown. 
(Bunker Hill surface car in Subway at Haymarket Sq. to Monu- 
ment St., or Sullivan Sq. Elevated to Thompson Sq.) The 
monument commemorates the battle between British regulars 
and American recruits, June 1 7, 1 775, in which General Warren 
fell. The t7th of June is yearly celebrated as a holiday in 
Charlestown. Cornerstone of monument laid by General 
Lafayette in 1825; address delivered by Daniel Webster. The 
monument is 221 feet high, and contains 294 steps. Secure 
booklet explaining the points to be seen from the top before 
ascending. Superb view of the Navy Yard, Harbor, and all 
Boston and suburbs on clear day. 

The Navy Yard faces the Mystic River and the Harbor. 
(Sullivan Sq. Elevated in Subway to City Sq. Walk three blocks 
down Water St. to main gate, or any Bunker Hill surface car 
at North Station.) British troops landed here in the fight 
at Bunker Hill. The yard is open to visitors every day from 
9 to 4. The frigate Constitution, built in 1797, on further 
side of building to right, never suffered defeat. Tripoli peace 
negotiations held in cabin. Captured three frigates and fifteen 
small craft. Wireless telegraph station and Marine Barracks to 
the left. To the right is the new granite dry-dock, about 800 
feet long, which is the largest stone one in America. Tested by 
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the left is the famous rope-walk, said to be tSOO feet from end 
to end — the longest in the world. All the cordage used in the 
U. S. Navy is manufactured here. At the end of the yard to the 
right is the U.S. receiving ship IVabash, built in 1854, and one 
of the best of the ships in the old navy. 

A tablet in City Sq.. Charlestown, marks the site where 
Paul Revere IVaited to see the signal lanterns from the Old 
North Church. (Sullivan Sq. Elevated to City Sq.) 

The North End 

Constitution Wharf, 409 Commercial St. (Elevated or 
Shuttle Elevated to Battery St ) A tablet on the building says, 
"Here was built the Frigate Constitulion, Old Ironsides.'" 

Christ Church. " Old North Church," Salem St., faces Hull 
Street. (Elevated or Shuttle Elevated to Battery Street ) 
Oldest church now standing in Boston. The walls are two 
and a half feet thick, the brick having been brought from 
England as a ballast for sailing vessels. It was built in 1723, 
and the architect was Sir Christopher Wren. The communion 
set presented to the church by George 11, in 1733, is to be seen 
only on the first Sunday of each month. The chime of bells, 
made in Gloucester, England, in 1744, was the first used in 
America. Paul Revere was an e.xpert bell ringer and with seven 
others he used to practice the line art of pealing in the Old 
North Tower. The cherubim, intended for a Canadian con- 
vent, was captured from a French ship by an English privateer 
and given to the church in 1746. From the west window of the 
original tower Newman displayed the signal lanterns, after mak- 
ing his way through the British lines, and Generals Gage and 
Clinton watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the tower 
balcony. The original spire was overthrown in the great 
gale of 1804. Bulfinch replaced it on similar lines. The 
pulpit of the church was once very high, being even 
with the balcony. The famous slave gallery is to be seen 
in the rear of the church, where originated the term " nigger 
heaven." The. first Sunday School in the country was held here 
in 1815, the original list of the pupils being shown. There is a 
fine portrait bust of Washington, which Lafayette thougW one 
of the best he had seen of his old friend. From the window 
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and in the very region where 
the wonderful Beecher chil- 
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down the steep and narrow 
streets on the slope of Copp's 
Hill. This industry was set 
up with the intent to give in- 
teresting, stimulating, pleas- 
ant and profitable work to 
girls connected with the club- 
house. The whole work of 
the Bowl Shop is permeated 
with the fine old spirit of the 
skilled handicrafts as it once 
existed in many Italian com- 
munities, and the occupa- 
tions afforded by the patterns give scope for 
the deft hand, the seeing eye and the contriv- 
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where the bust now stands, Newman escaped after he had hung 
the lanterns in the tower, the church being then surrounded by 
British. Apply to the sexton f^r admission to the church; 
25 cents, including the tower. 

Hull Street is named for the Mint Master, John Hull, who 
gave as his daughter's dowry her weight in pine-tree shillings. 

Site of old Galloupe House, 16 Hull St. (Atlantic Ave. 
Elevated to Constitution Wharf.) Built in 1724. Used as 
headquarters by General Gage. 

Copps Hill Burying Ground, Hull St. (Atlantic Ave. 
Elevated or Shuttle Elevated to Battery St.) Fine view of 
harbor. Second, place of burial in Boston. First interment 
1659. British battery stationed here in 1775. Bullet marks 
on headstones. Tomb of Cotton Mather. Quaint epitaphs. 
Superintendent acts as guide. 

Birthplace of Rev. S. F. Smith, 37 Sheafe St. (Elevated 
or Shuttle Elevated to Battery St.) Mr. Smith was the author 
of " America." 

Site of Home of Robert Newman, corner of Salem and 
Sheafe Sts. (Sluittie Elevated or Elevated to Battery St.) He 
was the sexton who hung the signal lanterns in thebelfrv of Old 
North Church in 1775. British ofhcers surrounding his home 
shortly after he retired that night. 

Paul Revere House, North Square. (Atlantic Ave. Elevated 
to Battery St. or Hanover St. surface car to Richmond St.) 
Built in the seventeenth century, before 168O. Restored and 
opened as a museum in 1908. Original beams are overhead 
and one panel of the original wall paper designed by Sir 
Christopher Wren. The plaster, made from clam and oyster 
shells, is well preserved in the kitchen. The fireplaces are fine. 
Two interesting relics are a pistol and a toddy warmer belong- 
ing to Paul Revere. An engraving by him and a letter in his 
handwriting are also shown. 

Boston Stone. In an alley off Marshall St. near Hanover St. 
(Hanover St. surface car to Marshall St.) Old landmark used 
for many years as a starting point by surveyors, originally 
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Near the South Station 

Site of Griffin Wharf, where Boston Tea Party took place, 
491 Atlantic Ave. (Atlantic Ave. Elevated to Rowes Wharf.) 
Tablet on building tells how ninety citizens disguised as 
Indians threw 342 chests into the sea, December 16, 1773, to 
defeat King George's tax of three-pence a pound. 

Old Custom House, Custom House St., between India and 
Broad Sts. (Atlantic Ave. Elevated to Rowes Wharf.) Where 
Hawthorne was measurer of salt and coal from lS39 to l841, 
and in which Bancroft, the historian, was collector of the port. 

The Heart of Boston 

Faneuil Hall, Faneuil Hall Sq. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 
"Cradle of Liberty." Given to city by Peter Faneuil in 1742 
for Market and Town Hall. Three times remodeled. A small 
portion of original wall on south side is standing to-day. Grass- 
hopper weather vane was thrown down by earthquake of 
1755. A lottery was held to pay for new building. Important 
in shaping the spirit of the Revolution. A series of meetings 
wliich gave rise to the title, "Cradle of Liberty," and several 
tea meetings held here. Used by Tories for theatrical per- 
formances during 1775 and 1776. America's greatest orators, 
including Webster, Sumner, Beecher, Garrison, and Phillips, 
have spoken from the platform in the main hall. Receptions 
and State dinners have been given in honor of Washington, 
Lafayette, King Louis Philippe, Kossuth, and Andrew Jackson. 
Over the platform is Healy's historical painting, " Webster's 
Reply to Hayne" in the U. S. Senate in 1830, with portraits of 
130 senators and other distinguished men. The hall belongs 
to the city. In 1850 the school children of Boston presented 
a clock to Faneuil Hall and paid for it in penny subscriptions. 
The Armory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 
the oldest military company in the country, occupies the top 
floor. The lower floor is still a market. The original gilded 
grasshopper of 1742, made famous by Hawthorne's "Deacon 
Shemdrowne," is still to be seen on Faneuil Hall cupola. 

Scene of the Boston Massacre, corner of State and 
Exchange Sts. (Subway to Scollay Sq. or Washington St. 
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surface car to State St.) Bronze tablet on a building near by, 
and marked by a circle of stones in the pavement. Here was 
shed the first blood in the Revolution. 

Old State House, corner of State and Washington Sts. 
(Subway to Scollay Sq. or Washington St. surface car to 
State St.) Built in 1713; interior rebuilt in 1748. It was the 
seat of the Provincial and Colonial government, and center 
of most revolutionary affairs of State in Massachusetts. Here 
Otis, Adams, and Hancock made determined opposition to the 
Crown. Proclamation repealing the Stamp Act read from 
the balcony in 1766. The Declaration of Independence, in 
July, 1776, and the Proclamation of Peace, in 1783, were first 
read from the east window. Here Hancock was inaugurated 
as first Governor of the State. Washington reviewed the 
procession in his honor from the Washington St. side on his 
last visit to Boston. The State Legislature met in Old State 
House until 1798. The table used by the Royal Governors 
is preserved here. 

The Bostonian Society now occupies the whole building 
above the basement. Museum of Colonial relics in the upper 
stories. Some of the most interesting articles exhibited are 
Franklin's printing press, a tankard made by Paul Revere, a drum 
from Bunker Hill, Tea Party tea found in Major Melville's 
shoes the next morning after the famous raid, the last cocked 
hat worn in Boston, and the case of Hancock relics, a teapot 
which belonged to George Washington, a pitcher used to carry 
ale to John Hancock and Sam Adams, who took refuge in a 
barn the night before the Battle of Lexington, a settee made 
from Boston Elm which stood on Common three hundred 
years, from which witches are said to have been hung. There 
are several marine collections in the building. 

Old Court House, Court St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 
Built in 1833 on site of old prison in which Captain Kidd, the 
pirate, was confined in the seventeenth century. Anti-slavery 
riots occurred here in the early fifties. 

Old South Meeting House, corner of Washington and 
Milk Sts. (Subway to Park St. or Washington St. surface car 
to Milk St.) Built in 1729. On the site of John Winthrop's 
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garden. Franklin baptized the day he was born in the Cedar 
Meeting House, which stood on this spot. When Faneuil Hall 
proved too small for the meetings of the patriots they were 
adjourned to the Old South Meeting House. From this church 
rostrum Josiah Quincy, Samuel Adams, Otis, and Hancock 
often addressed the people, and here, three months before he 
was killed at Bunker Hill, Joseph Warren delivered his famous 
speech. In 1770 the Town Meeting after the Boston Massacre 
was held here, h: 1773 several citizens assembled and re- 
solved that the tea should not be landed, and later, citizens 
disguised as savages met and raised the first warwhoop outside 
the church door on the way to the Boston Tea Party. The 
British used the church for a riding school during their 
occupation of Boston, and the building was used as a post 
office after the great Boston fire in 18 72. 

Museum. The Old South Meeting House is now used as 
a museum of historical relics. Among other things are pre- 
served a case containing relics of Washington family, including 
bed quilt made of pieces of Lady Washington's dresses, and 
the Washington teaspoons. There are also a remnant of the 
flag which hung from Liberty Tree on Washington St. in 1775, 
a needle-book brought over in the Maj^flozier, a cup and saucer 
which belonged to Charles Sumner, a curious handmade 
child's dress, Warren's christening cap, and a knife that was 
used at a dinner given in honor of Lafayette. Museum is 
open daily; admission, 25 cents. 

Site Where Benjamin Franklin was Born, January 17, 
1706, on Milk St. near Washington. (Subway to Park St. or 
Washington St. surface car to Milk St.) 

Site of Province House, Province St. between Bromfield 
and School Sts. (Any Washington St. surface car to Milk St. 
or Subway to Park St.) Site of the residence of the Royal 
Governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1716 to 1776. 
Some of the original wall is standing, but it may prove a little 
difficult to find. 

Spring Lane. (Subway to Park St.) Washington St. be- 
tween Water and Milk Sts. Where spring once was which 
supplied Boston with water. 

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King's Chapel (Subway to Scollay Sq.) So called because 
the Royal Governors worshiped here during the Colonial 
period. It was founded June 15, 16S6, and was the first 
Episcopal church in New England. A modest wooden building 
was erected in 16S9 and King's Chapel has stood here ever 
since. The church has had two communion services given 
to it, one by King William 111 and one later by King George III. 
King William gave a theological library, a part of which is 
now in the Athenaeum. 

Christ Church on Salem St. was an offshoot from King's 
Chapel. The high pulpit from the old church is in use to-day, 
the oldest one preserved in New England, while the com- 
munion table dates from 16S6. In 1756 a new organ was sent 
from England, having been selected and played upon, it is 
said, by Handel. In 1789 there was a concert of sacred music 
in King's Chapel at which General Washington, then President, 
attended. Oliver Wendell Holmes used to occupy pew No. 102 
in the south gallery, and Charles Sumner, pew No. 74. 

King's Chapel Burying Ground, next King's Chapel. 
(Subway to Sc(,>llay Sq.) Oldest cemetery in Boston. The first 
burial was that of Captain Welden in 1630. Governor Winthrop 
and three other governors of Massachusetts, two governors of 
Connecticut, and four judges of Massachusetts, and Mary 
Winslow, who came over in the MayfJo-wtr, are among those 
buried there. 

Park St. Church, corner of Park and Tremont Sts. (Subway 
to Park St.) Built in 1810 on site of old granary, where sails 
for frigate Comlitution were made. Called Brimstone Corner 
from vigor with which earher ministers preached the orthodox 
doctrine; "America," by Rev. Samuel F. Smith, first publicly 
sung here. William Lloyd Garrison here delivered the first 
address in Boston against slavery. 

Old Granary Burying Ground, Tremont St. (Subway to 
Park St.) Named from the town granary which used to stand 
ne.xt door. Entrance permit secured at City Hall. John 
Hancock, Samuel Adams, six other governors of Massachusetts, 
Peter Faneuil, Paul Revere, the parents of Benjamin Franklin, 
John Phillips, first mayor of Boston, the victims of the Boston 
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Massacre, and Mary Goose, the author of Mother Goose 
rhymes, are buried here. 

Hotel Touraine is built on the site of the home of John 
Quincy Adams. (Subway to Boylston St ) 

Site of Liberty Tree, Washingfton St., opp. Boylston St. 
(Subway to Boylston St., or any Washington St. surface car to 
Boylston St.) Tablet on the building marks the site of the 
famous Liberty Tree, planted in 1646 and cut down by the 
British in 1775. Stamp Act meetings were held beneath its 
branches, where Tory leaders were hung in effigy. 

The State House, Beacon St., at the head of Park St. 
(Subway to Park St.) Gilded dome, lighted at night, is a land- 
mark for miles around. Cornerstone laid in 1795 by Paul 
Revere and the masonic fraternity, the oration of the day being 
delivered by Gov. Samuel Adams. Front designed by Bulfinch. 
State Government took possession in 1 798, marching over from 
Old State House in a body. 

Memorial Hall on first floor contains 295 battle flags. Doric 
Hall contains portraits of sixteen governors of Massachusetts 
and statues of Washington and "War Governor" Andrew. 
Historical paintings, including the Boston Tea Party and Paul 
Revere's Ride, the Pilgrims on the Majy/lower, John Eliot 
preaching to the Indians, and Concord Bridge, are interesting. 
Fine views of city and harbor from the dome. Take elevator 
from the first floor. Senate and House of Representatives on 
third floor. In the Representatives' Hall is hung the historic 
codfish, relic of the day when Massachusetts considered fisheries 
her chief industry. On the frieze of the House of Representa- 
tives are the names of fifty-one noted men, all sons of Massa- 
chusetts. In the rooms of the Secretary of the Commonwealth 
are the Colonial Charter of 1628, the Province Charter of 1692, 
and the original Charter of the Commonwealth. 

The State Library contains 150,000 volumes. In a glass case 
in the library may be seen the History of the Plymouth Planta- 
tion by Governor William Bradford, called the "Log of the 
Mayflower." In it Governor Bradford recorded the early history 
of the colony. A government reprint of the book may be 
examined by applying at the desk, or may be purchased at the 
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Site of the Home of John Hancock, 29 Beacon St. (Sub- 
way to Park St.) Here lived the first signer of the Declaration 
of American Independence and the first Governor of the State 
of Massachusetts. The building stood here until 1863. 

The Common. (Subway to Park or Boylston St.) Tract of 
land set apart in 1640 as a training field and place of recreation. 
Punishments and executions took place here until 1797, in 
which the old elm played such an important part. British 
batteries occupied here in 1775-1776. Every important 
parade is reviewed on the Common. 

Site of the House of Blackstone, the first white man to 
build in Boston, near corner of West Cedar and Pinckney Sts. 
(West End car in Copley Sq. to Pinckney St.) 

West End 

The Revere House, Bowdoin Sq. (In Copley Sq. take 
West End and Bowdoin Sq. surface car to Lynde St.) Many 
distinguished people have been entertained there. Daniel 
Webster often spoke from the balcony. King Edward VII, 
when Prince of Wales, occupied a suite here on his visit to 
Boston. 

Old West Church, corner of Lynde and Cambridge Sts. 
(West End and Bowdoin Sq. surface car which passes through 
Copley Sq. to Lynde St.) In old church on same site the cus- 
tom originated of offering prayer at a funeral service on the 
occasion of the interment from this church of the popular 
pastor, Dr. Jonathan Mayhew, in 1 766. The building was later 
used as barracks during the siege. The present church built 
in 1806. The first Sunday School in New England held here in 
1812. Charles Lowell, the father of James Russell Lowell, was 
once pastor of this church. The building is now used as a 
branch of the Boston Public Library. 

South Boston 

Dorchester Heights. (Any City Point car at Park Sq. to 

G St. Take second street to the right.) Location of the 

American Redoubts on Dorchester Heights which compelled 

the evacuation of Boston by the British army, March 17, 1776. 

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Jamaica Plain 

Forest Hills Cemetery. (Any Forest Hills car to Forest 
Hills St.) Contains 250 acres, so planned as to keep much of 
the wildness of nature. Joseph Warren, killed at Bunker Hill, 
Maj. Gen. William Heath, who issued the first general orders 
of the Revolution, James Freeman Clarke, William Lloyd 
Garrison, and Alexander Agassiz are buried here. Among the 
most beautiful monuments are a white marble St. John the 
Baptist, erected to the memory of Oliver Ditson, the music 
publisher; a standing" bronze angel, by French, erected to 
G. R.White, and "Death staying the Hand of the Sculptor," 
in bronze, by French, erected to Martin Milmore, the sculptor. 

Cambridge 

Washington Elm, Garden St. (Take Cambridge Tunnel to 
Harvard Sq.) Elm tree supposed to be more than 300 years 
old, under which Washington took command of the American 
forces on July 3, 1775. 

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, a short distance beyond 
Elm wood. (Take Cambridge Tunnel at Park St. Change 
to Mt. Auburn cars.) Dates from 1831. The first garden 
cemetery in the world. Thirty miles of beautifully laid out 
walks and drives within the grounds. Contains 130 acres, and 
has a fund of more than $1,000,000 to care for it. Artistic 
chapel to the left as one enters. Sphinx, by Martin Milmore. 
Crematory on the hill at the right. 

The graves of Henry W. Longfellow (Indian Ridge), John 
Lothrop Motley (Indian Ridge), James Russell Lowell (Fountain 
Ave.), Oliver Wendell Holmes (Lime Ave.), Charlotte Cushman 
(Palm Ave.), Charles Sumner (Arethusa Path), and Charles 
Bulfinch, the architect (Belwort Path), Louis Agassiz (Belwort 
Path), Margaret Fuller (Pyrola Path), Edwin Booth (Anemone 
Path), Rufus Choate (Walnut Ave.), James T. Fields (Elder 
Path), Phillips Brooks (Mimosa Path), T. B. Aldrich (Grape 
Vine Path), and countless other famous men and women make 
it a veritable Westminster Abbey of America. 

Christ Church, Cambridge. (Cambridge Tunnel at Park St. 

to Harvard Sq. Change to Huron Ave. car.) Oldest church 

in Cambridge, occupied as barracks by American troops in 

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ballast. Society formed as a mission with the sanction of the 
Archbishop of Canterbury. First service held in the church 
in 1761. The silver communion service used at Christmas 
and Easter was the gift of King William and Queen Mary to 
King's Chapel, and transferred to Christ Church, Cambridge, 
by Governor Hutchinson in 1772. The silver alms basin was 
given by Madame Grizzell Apthorp, the mother of the first 
rector, in 1761. 

In 1775 Christ Church was occupied by Captain Chester's 
company of the Revolutionary army. The organ pipes were 
melted down into bullets at this time. Executive room where 
Washington consulted his officers while preparing for war 
contains two chairs from Craigie House. The Washington 
pew was No. 96. On New Year's Eve, General Washington 
held service here, he and Mrs. Washington occupying a pew 
where the font now is. 

Apthorp House, Plympton St., Cambridge. (Any Harvard 
Sq. tunnel or surface car at Park St.) Built in 1 760 by Rev. 
East Apthorp. Israel Putnam's headquarters until Bunker 
Hill. General Burgoyne and his staff officers confined here 
as prisoners of war in 1777. 

Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. (Cambridge 
tunnel at Park St. to Harvard Sq. Change to any Mt. Auburn 
car.) Stop at Willard St. House built in 1759 by John Vassall, 
a Tory. Occupied by Washington as his headquarters during 
the seige of Boston in 1775 and 1776. In 1841 Worcester, 
tiie philologist, lived here. Sometimes called Craigie House, 
alter Andrew Craigie, from whose estate Longfellow purchased 
it in lS4i. The poet lived here until his death. The house 
riow faces Longfellow memorial park^ The study is open to 
visitors from 2 to 4 Saturday afternoons. The writing tables 
are as in tiie poet's life, while portraits of Longfellow's dis- 
tinguished friends, Sumner, Holmes, Agassiz, and others, make 
the past seem very real. 

Elmwood, Cambridge, corner of Mt. Auburn St. and Elm- 
wood Ave. (Cambridge tunnel at Park St. to Harvard Sq. 
Change to any Mt. Auburn surface car.) Birthplace and home 
of James Russell Lowell. He died here in I891. 

Formerly the home of Alice Freeman Palmer. Corner of 
Harvard and Quincy Sts. (Harvard Sq. tunnel or surface car 
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A Literary Ramble in Boston 

Site of Emerson's Birthplace, near corner of Summer 
and Chauncy Sts. (Shuttle or Elevated to South Station.) 

The Old Comer Bookstore Building, corner of Washing- 
/ton and School Sts. (Subway to Park St. or Washington St. 
surface car to School St.) Built in 1712, on site of Anne 
Hutchinson's house. Used as a bookstore and publishing 
house continually from 1828 to 1903- James T. Fields, while 
editor of the "North American Review" and the "Atlantic 
Monthly," gathered around him as friends the most distin- 
guished literary men of his day, including Aldrich, Prescott, 
Motley, Sumner, Agassiz, Whittier, Hawthorne, Emerson, Long- 
fellow, Holmes, and Lowell, and Dickens and Thackeray were 
received as honored guests. The old store is now occupied 
by a cigar store. 

At one time the home of Charles Sumner, No. 20 Hancock 
St., back of State House. (Subway to Park St.) 

At one time the home of Wendell Phillips, No. 1 Walnut 
St. (Subway to Park St.) 

At one time the home of Edwin Booth, 29 Chestnut St. 
(Any West End car to Chestnut St.) 

Last home of Louisa May Alcott, 10 Louisburg Sq. 
(Subway to Park St.) 

148 Charles St. (West End car to Revere St.) was the home 
of both James T. Fields, the publisher, and Sarah Ome 
Jewett. Mrs. Fiekls still lives here. 

Present home of Margaret Deland, 35 Newbury St. (Any 
southbound car in Subway to Berkeley St.) 

At one time Wv home of Phillips Brooks, corner of New- 
bury and Clarendon Sts. (Any southbound surface car in 
Subway to Clarendon St.) 

Last home of Julia Ward Howe; F. Marion Crawford 
often visited his aunt here; 241 Beacon St. (Any southbound 
car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) 

At one time the home of Oliver Wendell Holmes, present 
home of his son. Judge Holmes, 296 Beacon St. (Any south- 
bound surface car in Subway to Exeter St.) 
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Museums 

Museum of Fine Arts. (Huntington Ave. Brookline Village 
car in Subway to Museum.) The new building has an isolated 
position in Fenway and is practically fireproof. The Museum 
was incorporated in 187O. It is supported wholly by private gifts 
and managed by a Board of Trustees including representatives 
from Harvard University, Mass. Institute of Technology, the 
Boston Athenaeum and the State, with a committee of citizens. 
Open week days from 9 to 5, and from 12 to 5 on Sundays. 
It is free on Saturdays and Sundays; on other days a fee of 
25 cents is charged. 

The new building was opened in November, 1909. It is 
characteristic of Boston tiiat much time was taken to investi- 
gate right methods before the building was started. Two 
years were given to experiments in lighting, while a commis- 
sion from the Museum spent several months abroad visiting 
some one hundred and four museums in thirty cities. The 
Boston Museum has the benefit of the world's experience, and 
the plan is thought to be a model one. There are five depart- 
ments of the Museum on the main floor besides the library. 
Each department has a distinct series of rooms with an independ- 
ent approach, and a study exhibition in the basement. Much 
care has been taken to adapt the rooms to what is shown in 
them, the walls being in soft shades to focus the attention on 
the exhibits. 

Docent service was established in 1907 and may always be 
had by applying at the desk. Sunday docent service is a recent 
feature. One or two departments are explained each Sunday 
by competent critics. There is a restaurant in the building 
for the benefit of Museum visitors and an elevator and wheeled 
chairs provide for invalids. 

The only copies shown by the Museum are their collection 
of casts, copies of the famous sculptures in European 
galleries. This is the third finest collection of the kind in the 
world, those at Berlin and at Strassburg only being finer. 
The five Departments of the Museum on the main floor are 
Classical Art, Egyptian, Western Art, including textiles, Chinese 
and Japanese Art and Pictures. The picture galleries occupy 
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of various ages and schools. Some of the paintings best 
worthy of study are by tlie artists mentioned below. Of the 
Italian School, Andrea da Solario and Francesco Guardi are 
represented by important works. In the early American rooms 
are paintings by Gilbert Stuart, West, Trumbull and Copley. 
The unfinished Athenaeum portraits of George and Martha 
Washington are perhaps the best known, though the collec- 
tion is especially strong in Copleys. Some of the modern 
American artists represented in the Museum are Innes, Whist- 
ler, Vedder, Winslow Homer, La Farge, Abbot Thayer, Brush, 
and Benson. The French School is represented by three 
Millets, several Corots, and a typical Greuze. England is 
represented by Burne-Jones, Sir Thomas Lawrence, J. M. W. 
Turner, and Thomas Gainsborough. Under the Dutch and 
Flemish Schools are several Rembrandts, a Van Dyck, a Rubens, 
and a Franz Hals. Among the Spanish paintings are two por- 
traits by Velasquez and an interesting head by Goya. 

Other exhibits in various parts of the building deserving 
special notice are an antique head of Aphrodite in Parian 
marble, a cameo in the room of coins and gems, the most 
famous gem in the Marlborough collection, and some statu- 
ettes by Rodin. There are choice exhibits of jade, amber, and 
porcelain. The jade-tree and a piece of Chelsea ware made in 
1770, representing a youth teaching a maiden to play on a 
shepherd pipe, are worthy of special mention. The Macomber 
collection of Chinese pottery is interesting. While the Japa- 
nese exhibit, including the Morse collection of .Japanese 
pottery, is the largest collection of its kind in the world, and 
only two museums in Japan, those of Nara and Kioto, are finer. 
The new Bigelow collection adds 26,000 pieces of Chinese and 
Japanese art to the Museum's wonderful possessions. A recent 
gift to the Museum is a very rare Persian bowl of the twelfth 
or thirteenth century. The decorations are in soft browns 
and are very symbolic and difficult to understand today. 
When viewed at right angles this bowl emits prismatic colors, 
the famous reflet of Persian potteries. This bowl is said to be 
the largest and finest ever excavated in Persia. In the Museum 
is the great crystal, the largest and finest in the world. 

Those interested in the Museum aim to fit it in the new 
building for a wider role than it has heretofore filled, and from 
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bids fair to become a reality. President of the Museum, 
Gardiner M. Lane. Director, Arthur Fairbanics. 

The Boston Natural History Museum, corner of Boylston 
and Bericeley Sts. (Any southbound surface car in Subway to 
Berkeley St.) Boston Society of Natural History, founded in 
1831. Museum building built in 1864. Museum open daily; 
admission is free on Wednesdays and Saturdays and on Sunday 
afternoon. Contains the most complete collection of New 
England flora and fauna in the world. The Lafresnaya collec- 
tion of birds, nests, and eggs fine. Students may examine 
specimens from the large study collection upon applying to 
the curator, Chas. W. Johnson. 

Fogg Museum, Cambridge. (Any Cambridge tunnel or 
surface car at Park St. to Harvard Sq.) Connected with 
Harvard University. A few original Greek and Roman marbles, 
original drawings by old masters, and special exhibit of draw- 
ings and sketches by John Ruskin. 

Fenway Court, Mrs. Gardner's Venetian Palace and Museum. 
(Brookline Village Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to 
Ruggles St.) Finest collection of Italian art in America, and one 
of the best private collections in the world. Museum open to 
the public several weeks during year. Inquire at Herrick's 
office, Copley Sq. Admission $1.00. 

Beautiful central court surrounded by cloistered walk. 
Important curios and paintings are: Roman pavement from 
the Villa Livia; embroidered hangings from the Winter 
Palace in Pekin; "The Omnibus," by Zorn; early Pieta 
and portrait of Inghirami, by Raphael; portrait by Rubens; 
four paintings by Rembrandt; portrait by Albrecht Durer; 
two portraits by Hans Holbein; cabinets which belonged to 
Napoleon I at Elba ; seven chairs from the Borghese Palace in 
Rome, which once belonged to Pope Paulus V; Rape of 
Europa, by Titian; picture of head of Christ, by Giorgione; 
Madonna aux Epis, by Botticelli, and an undoubted portrait of 
Philip IV by Velasquez. 

NOTE — Several Museums, like that of the Old South Meeting 
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Libraries, etc. 

The Public Library, Copley Sq. (Huntington Ave. or 
Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Dartmoutli St.) Founded 
in 1852. New building opened in 1895- Restful type of Italian 
Renaissance. One of tlie finest library buildings in the world. 

The Central Library and its eleven branches and seventeen 
reading stations contain about 1 ,000,000 books. Head Librarian, 
Horace G. Wadlin. Open for the drawing of books for home 
use from 9 to 9 on week days, and from 12 to 9 on Sundays. 
Reference, periodical, and newspaper rooms open an hour 
longer, except from June 1 5 to September 1 5. Periodical and 
newspaper rooms on first floor at right. 15OO periodicals on 
file. Out of 300 newspapers, 90 are from foreign countries. 
Bates Hall contains 8000 reference books. Accommodates 295 
readers. Catalogue room at one end; card system in use. In 
delivery room books both drawn and returned. Children's 
library contains 9000 volumes. Any boy or girl over ten 
may draw books. The library of John Adams, the second 
President of the United States, is in children's reference room. 
Fine collection of autographs. Third floor given over to 
special libraries. The Brown Library, most complete musical 
library on this side of the water. Finest art department in any 
public library in America. Both reference and circulating 
library. Reproductions of famous origmals. Eight thousand 
half-tones and colored photographs in circulation. Art classes 
from schools of design spend much time here. The Ticknor 
collection of Spanish literature is one of the best in the world 
Barton Library of 14,000 volumes, strong in early English 
dramas, and the Shakespearian library ranks with the British 
Museum and the library at Stratford-on-Avon. 

Art in Public Library. On entrance steps, statues repre- 
senting Science and Art, by Bela Pratt. Entrance, bronze doors 
by Daniel C. French. Statues on stairway by MacMonnies 
and by St. Gaudens. Main staircase not surpassed in this 
country. Walls in the hall on the second floor decorated by 
the late Puvis de Chavannes, thought by many to be the most 
distinguished of modern French painters. He glorifies human 
knowledge in nine paintings. Philosophy, astronomy, and 
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pastoral poetry are the most admired. The Arthurian legend, 
" The Quest of the Holy Grail." has been used by Abbey in the 
decoration of the delivery room. He has told the story in a 
series of fifteen pictures, all of which are worthy of study. 
Wonderful color, great accuracy in historic detail. Ceiling 
decoration in further children's room, "Triumph of Time," 
by John Eliott. Twelve winged figures represent the hours, 
male figure Time, and the twenty horses typify the Christian 
centuries. Hall on third floor decorated by John S. Sargent. 
At one end the struggle of the Jewish nation between poly- 
theism and monotheism. The prophets in the frieze below 
urging the Jewish people to follow the one true God. "The 
Dogma of the Redemption" at the other end of the hall. 
Christ on the Cross is shedding his blood for humanity, repre- 
sented by Adam and Eve; the Trinity in the background. 
The angels in the frieze below bear the instruments of the 
Passion. Sargent is to connect the two ends by a heroic 
painting, representing Christ preaching and liCTjing. 

The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 18 

Somerset St. (Subway to Park St.) Formed in 1844 to collect 
and publish genealogical and historical matter relating to New 
England families. The most important genealogical society in 
the country. Most genealogical work in America stimulated 
by the society. It publishes the " New England Historical and 
Genealogical Register," vital records, etc. The library contains 
70,000 books and pamphlets. Open to all on week days from 
9 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. Librarian, William P.Greenlaw. Small 
historical cabinet contains among other things John Hancock's 
card. President of the society, James Phinney Baxter. 

The Boston Athenaeum, 10^ Beacon St. (Subway to Park 
St.) Founded in 1807. Owned by a private society whose 
library contains over 238,000 rare books and pamphlets. A 
scholars' library. Among them are the library given by King 
William and Mary to King's Chapel in 1698, and 700 volumes 
of Washington's library. Large library of books published in 
the South during the war. Interesting works on Gypsies by 
the authority Groome. Best collection of views of old houses 
in the country. Some of the best portraits in the Boston Art 
Museum are the property of the Athenjeum. The library is 
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associated with many weil-lcnown people. Charles Sumner, 
Rufiis Choate, Josiah Quincy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa 
M. Alcott, J. F. Rliodes, Robert Grant, Gail Hamilton, and 
Marion Crawford have done reference work at the tables. 
Librarian, Chas. Knowles Bolton. 

The Congregational Library, 14 Beacon St. (Subway to 
Park St.) Library contains 57,500 books and 54,500 pamphlets. 
One of the best libraries in the country on early New England 
religious history and literature. It contains the famous Bishop 
Stubbs library, and reference books on religious subjects. 
Tiffany reading-room, with periodicals. 

Mass. Military Historical Association, Cadets' Armory. 
(Columbus Ave. car in Subway to Ferdinand St.) Finest 
military library in the country. Excellent collection of 
Napoleon Bonaparte relics, and plate from superstructure of 
U. S. S. Brook/j>ii, said to be made by only Spanish shell which 
pierced the armor plate of an American vessel at Santiago, on 
July 3, 1898. 

The Youth's Companion Building, corner of Berkeley St. 
and Columbus Ave. (Columbus Ave. car in Subway to Columbus 
Ave.) All the processes of printing, illustrating, and publishing 
are shown in the Companion building, erected in 1892. Paper 
founded by Nathaniel P. Willis in 1827, and now has a circula- 
tion of 525,000 copies weekly, reaching every part of the world. 
Visitors welcome from 8 to 4. Saturdays 8 to 12. Ask at the 
office for the guide. 

Massachusetts Historical Society, corner of Fenway and 
Boylston Sts. (Chestnut Hill surface car in Subway to Fen- 
way.) Founded in 1791. Oldest purely historical society in 
the world. Original material published. Library on the 
second floor contains 50,000 volumes relating to Massachusetts, 
New England, and the early settlement of the country. Librarian, 
Dr. Samuel A. Green. Relic Museum open 2 to 4 on Wednes- 
days. Contains cane used by John Hancock, button worn by 
John Adams when minister at Court of St. James, pair of 
silver tongs made by Paul Revere, and suit of clothes worn by 
Benjamin Franklin. 

Town Room, 3 Joy St. (Subway to Park St.) Fine 
Sociological Library. 

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The Boston Medical Library, 8 Fenway. (Chestnut Hill 
surface car in Subway to Fenway.) Founded in 187 5- Library 
contains over 70,000 volumes. The building up of this library 
was the lifework of Dr. James Read Chadwick. Best collection 
of works on vaccination in America. Holmes Memorial Reading 
Hall. Librarian, John W. Farlow, M. D. Finest collection of 
medical medals in the country, there being 3500 specimens. 

Universities, Colleges, and Schools. 

Harvard University, Cambridge. (Take Cambridge 
tunnel or surface car at Park St. to Harvard Sq.) Founded 
in 1636. The oldest university in America and the most 
widely known abroad. Named for John Harvard, who left 
his library and half of his fortune to the college. His statue 
by French in Delta. First President, Henry Dunster. The Harvard 
Law School, the English Department, and the department of 
Archaeology are all strong. A Graduate School of Business 
Administration, established in 1908, is commanding much 
attention, and shows the practical drift of the age. Asa Gray, 
the famous botanist, while professor at Harvard founded the 
Herbarium which bears his name. Next to that of l.ick 
Observatory, the glass in the Astronomical Observatory is the 
finest in the country, while the Department of Philosophy is 
considered the best in the world. There are sixty-three build- 
ings near Harvard Sq. connected with the University. The 
oldest buildings are grouped around the historic "Yard." 
Memorial gates and fences, given by different classes, are an 
interesting feature. Wadsworth House was the home of the 
early Presidents of Harvard and Washington's headquarters 
before he took Craigie's House. In the old dormitories the 
names of many famous Harvard men appear by the doors of 
the rooms they occupied. Some of the interesting buildings 
are Appleton Chapel (where daily morning prayers and Sunday 
forenoon services are held); Phillips Brooks House, the center 
of the religious life of the University; Harvard Union, the 
student clubhouse and social center; Memorial Hall, erected 
to Harvard men who were killed in the Civil War, includes 
Sanders Theatre, and a dining hall where 800 students daily 
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Emerson Hall occupied by the Department of Philosophy, is 
the newest building^ in the "Yard." It contains among other 
things a museum illustrating social and industrial progress. 
Gore Hall contains the Harvard Library (over 660,000 vol- 
umes), which is the fourth largest in the United States. The 
total number of volumes in all departments of the University 
is about 985,000. It contains 27,000 loose maps. The Ger- 
manic Museum, to which Emperor William contributed, is 
open on Monday, Friday and Saturday from 9 to 5, and on 
Tliursday and Sunday from 1 to 5. 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and the University Museum 
are both fine. In University Museum is the Ware collection 
of glass plants and flowers, which is one of the wonders of the 
world. The specimens are astonishingly perfect. The University 
has arranged to take all that Blaschka can make in his lifetime. 
Soldiers Field, the Harvard athletic grounds, was given to the 
University by Major Henry L. Higginson. The class of 1879 
and the Athletic Association joined in erecting the mammoth 
stadium, where football games, tleld sports, and Class Day 
exercises are held. It is built of concrete and has a seating 
capacity of 23,000, which can be increased by temporary 
additions to 45,000. The University has two very fine boat- 
houses for student use. One is said to be the largest and best 
equipped in the country. Number of students, including sum- 
mer school, 5045. President, Abbot Lawrence Lowell. 

Harvard University Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave. 
(Chestnut Hill or Huntington Ave. Brookline Village cars in 
Subway to Longwood Ave.) Founded in 1 782. Standard high. 
College certificate required for entrance. Clinical opportunities 
exceptional. Instruction unsurpassed in this country. Many 
of the faculty have world reputations in their specialties. The 
School has given to the world the discoveries of vaccination, 
inoculation, and anesthetics. The School owns twenty-six 
acres of land in the Fenway. The fine white marble buildings, 
occupying eleven acres and completed in 1908, give Harvard 
the best equipped Medical School in the world. The remaining 
fifteen acres will be shortly occupied by hospitals. Dental 
School Building and a hospital have been recently added. 
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Radcliflfe College, Cambridge. (Cambridge tunnel to 
Harvard Sq., ciiange to Huron Ave. surface car.) Founded 
in 1879. Woman's College. Called "Harvard Annex." 
Many of the same professors as at Harvard. Some fourteen 
buildings scattered through Cambridge. In Fay House, 
Garden St., " Fair Harvard" was written. Number of stu- 
dents, 485. President, Le Baron Russell Briggs. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Main Building, 
Boylston St. (Huntington Ave. or Boylston St. surface car in 
Subway to Clarendon St. ) Founded by William Barton Rogers in 
1S65. The largest and most important school of technology in the 
English-speaking world. Standard of work very high. Courses 
offered in chemistry, biology, physics, geology, architecture, 
naval architecture, and in science as applied to civil, mechani- 
cal, mining, electrical, chemical, and sanitary engineering. 
Much scientific research is done in the graduate school. Library 
contains 89,710 volumes; 1000 scientific periodicals taken. 
Finely equipped workshops and laboratories on Trinity Place 
and on Garrison St. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway.) 
Number of students, I506. President Richard C. Maclaurin. 

Boston University, Main Building, 688 Boylston St. (Any 
Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Exeter St.) Founded in 
1869. Co-educational. Broad-minded in its management. 
Many famous people have been connected with the University. 
Among them were Hudson, the great Shakespearian scholar, 
who was an instructor at the University, and Alexander 
Graham Bell, who as a professor there, invented the telephone. 
The University is made up of the college of Liberal Arts and 
the Graduate School, and the schools of Theology, Law, and 
Medicine. Number of students, 1424. President, Dr. Lemuel H. 
Murlin. 

Simmons College, Fenway. (Brookline Village Huntington 
Ave. surface car in Subway to Ruggles St) Founded in 1899. 
Practical industrial college for women. Unites technical with 
academic work and attempts to meet the demand for trained 
wage earners. The courses are divided into schools of science, 
horticulture, and household economics, and the librarian's 
and secretarial schools. A new course recently offered, called 
" Institutional Management," bids fair to be extremely popular. 
Number of students, 668. President Dr. Henry Lefavour. 
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Allied to both Harvard and Simmons, yet having a somewhat 
separate organization, is School for Social Workers, 9 Hamilton 
Place. (Subway to Park St.) Founded in 1904. Maintained 
by Harvard University and Simmons College. A school for 
the study of social problems and effective methods of dealing 
with charity, correction, and neighborhood improvement. 
Work both theoretic and practical. Director, Jeffrey R. 
Brackett. Associate Director, Miss Zilpha D. Smith. 

Wellesley College, Wellesley. Fifteen miles from Boston. 
(Worcester surface car at Park Sq. and change at Wellesley 
Hills, or train from South Station.) Founded in 1875 by Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry F.Durant. The college property includes three 
hundred acres bordering on Lake Waban and twenty buildings, 
including an art building.a chapel, a library, and a gymnasium. 
The College has a charming country situation affording oppor- 
tunity for every form of outdoor exercise. " Tree Day " is 
an important festival of the college year. There are 178 officers 
of government and instruction, and the College has a library 
of 66,000 volumes. Number of students, 1378. President of 
the College, Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton. 

Tufts College. Medford. (Take Medford car at Sullivan 
Sq. Elevated Station.) Founded in 1852. Named after Charles 
Tufts, who gave the land. The Departments of the College are 
Engineering,Theological, Medical, Dental, and courses which lead 
to the Bachelor of Arts Degree. The College was coeducational 
from 1892 to 1910, when segregation was voted and Jackson 
College for women established. The late P. T. Barnum gave 
about $100,000 towards a Museum of Natural History. The 
Museum is open week days from 2 to 5. The Eaton Memorial 
Library contains 55,000 volumes and 35,000 pamphlets. 
Number of students, 1128. President, Frederick William 
Hamilton. 

New Boston College, University Heights, Newton — (Lake 
St. car in Subway.) Conducted by Jesuit Fathers. Day 
College for young men. Number of students, 1,400. 

Lowell Institute Free Public Lectures, Huntington Hall, 
Rogers Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
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Founded in 1836 by John Lowell, Jr. Eleven courses of 
lectures given during last season. Apply by letter to W. T. 
Sedgwick, curator, for tickets. 

The Public Library has free lectures on history and art in 

the lecture room during the winter. 

It is due to Horace Mann that Boston public schools were 
early of a high grade. Tiie superintendent of schools, Stratton 
D. Brooks, is now doing much for educational progress. 
There are 333 public school buildings in Boston, with 131,021 
day pupils in attendance this year. In addition to this there 
are various colleges in and around Boston, trade, music, art, 
private, and night schools, aggregating a tremendous studying 
population and giving Boston a right to be called one of the 
greatest educational centers of the world. Three hundred 
and seventeen newspapers and periodicals, many of them of 
a high order, are published here. Newspaper Row is on 
Washington St. 

Public Latin School, corner of Warren Ave. and Dart- 
rnouth St. (Columbus Ave. car in Subway to Berkeley St.) 
Known as " Boys' Latin School." Founded in l635 and is the 
oldest school in the United States with a continuous existence. 
First schoolhouse was on School St. near where Franklin statue 
now stands in front of City Hall. Five signers of Declaration 
of Independence were pupils of the school, among them John 
Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Benjamin Franklin. The school 
has a very high rank, it being considered one of the best pre- 
paratory schools in the country, 820 pupils now attending the 
school. Headmaster, Henry Pennypacker. 

Educational and Industrial 

Trade School for Girls, 620 Massachusetts Ave. (Elevated 
to Northampton St. or any Dudley St. transfer station surface 
car in the Subway to Northampton St.) Day trade school for 
girls taken over by School Committee in 1909. Its object is 
to give a trade training to, girls between fourteen and eighteen 
years who are obliged to become wage earners. It aims to 
improve their condition and make them more efficient. The 
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of the following trades: Dressmaking', Millinery, Clothing', 
Machine Operating', Straw Machine Operating. The supple- 
mentary work, such as textiles, color and design, hygiene and 
physical training, are required. 

Women's Educational and Industrial Union, 264 Boylston 
St. (Southbound surface car in Subway to Garden.) Founded 
1877. Does social, educational, and industrial work. An ex- 
periment station in social industry. The work includes Trade 
School Shops and a School of Salesmanship, which is doing a 
unique work. It is practical, both in improving the quality 
of salesmanship and in raising the standard of living among 
the girls. 

Other activities are Food Sales Room, Handwork Department, 
Domestic Reform League, Appointment Bureau, Luncheons. 
Legislation, Lectures and Conferences, Legal Aid, Special 
Employment, Befriending Department, Room Registry, and 
the Vacation House. President, Mary Morton Kehew. 

North Bennett St. Industrial School, 39 Nortli Bennett 
St. (East Boston Ferry car to North Bennett St.) Established 
over twenty-ilve years ago. It is an institution for education 
and social improvement. Well planned experiments are made 
in educational and social methods. Its policy is to undertake 
new lines as soon as the courses have been tried out by them 
and adopted by the public schools. The children are all of 
foreign parentage, most of whom are the first generation of 
American born Italians. Through the school, its Social Service 
House and the Library, higher standards of living are set and 
the children are taught the meaning of honest work; 3500 
people are reached annually by the Industrial School in its 
various activities. Director, Aivin E. Dodd. 

Educational and Industrial Work for Defectives 

Horace Mann School for the Deaf, 17S Newbury St. 
(Any Cambridge car in Subway to Exeter St.) Called Horace 
Mann School from Mr. Mann's great interest in the education 
of the deaf, which he advocated in 1843. Rev. Dexter King 
secured for deaf children the right to live in homes and have a 
common school education. The school was opened in Novem- 
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suggested the wisdom of having it in all day schools. Any deaf 
child over five years admitted. It is the same as other elemen- 
tary schools except that singing is omitted and special exer- 
cises given to develop speech. The pure oral method is used. 
Every child is taught lip reading, to speak, and to understand 
written and printed language. Principal, Miss Sarah Fuller. 

Sarah Fuller House, Woburn St., West Medford. (Boston 
and Main train, or Elevated to SulHvan Sq., then surface car to 
West Medford.) A home and school for deaf children too 
young to enter Horace Mann Public School. Obtains splendid 
results by kindergarten methods with children between two 
and a half and live years. A pioneer in the work of opening 
new paths of interest to httle deaf children. A model fiir 
similar schools elsewhere. President, Elizabeth B. Wheelwright. 

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, Ford Building, 
15 Ashburton PI. (Subway to Park St.) Its object — to teach 
those deprived of their sight how to be blind. The Commission 
also does much work in preventing blindness. Superintendent 
of Information Department, Lucy Wright. Superintendent of 
Industrial Department, Charles F. F. Campbell. 

A large part of the work for the adult blind is along indus- 
trial lines. No appeal is made to the sympathies of the buying 
public. The articles produced are sold strictly on their merit. 
Salesroom, 383 Boylston St. (Any southbound car in Subway 
to Arlington St.) The Shops for men are at 686 Massachusetts 
Ave., Cambridge (any Cambridge car that passes through 
Central Sq. ; get off at Central Sq.), where rug, mop, and 
broom making, chair-seating and cobbling are taught and 
practiced. Art Fabric Shop for Women is at 277 Harvard St., 
Cambridge. (Harvard Sq. car from Bowdoin Sq. to Prospect 
St.) Hand weaving here becomes a practical industry for blind 
women. Their mastery of color and design, which their con- 
centration and the well-adapted machinery makes possible, is 
almost beyond belief. The women memorize conventional 
designs and afterwards exhibit much originality, sketching with 
the loom. 

The Perkins Institution for the Blind, Stickney Estate. 
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fer to Waltliam surface car.) Founded in 1832. The best 
institution for the education of tiie sightless in tiie world. 
Named for Thomas H. Perkins, the lirst man of means in- 
terested in the woric. Dr. Samuel Howe gave much thought 
and the best years of his life to perfect the system of educa- 
tion at the school. He believed in developing the individuality 
of the blind, the courses helping to make the mind alert and 
the body strong. Music, literary studies, and physical train- 
ing play an important part. Manual training used as auxiliary. 
Only handicrafts are taught that have a real market value. 
Piano tuning is found practical. The course in sewing covers 
eight years, in knitting four years, and in wood sloyd three 
}ears. Laura Bridgman, who spent most of her life there, did 
much to interest the public in the school. Dr. Howe greatly 
improved the style of printing for the blind. The school owns 
a free circulating library of 17,000 embossed books which it 
loans all over the country. Visitors are welcome any week 
day except Saturday afternoon. There is a unique and very 
successful orchestra which plays at the Commencement exer- 
cises in June. Number of pupils, 168. President, Francis H. 
Appleton. Michael Anagnos, Dr. Howe's son-in-law, director 
until his death. Present Director, Edward E. Allen. The Insti- 
tution has recently moved from South Boston, to Charles 
River Reservation in Watertown. 

Kindergarten for the Blind, corner of Perkins and Day 
Sts., Jamaica Plain. (Jamaica Plain surface car in Subway.) 
In I8S7 the desire of Mrs. Julia Howe Anagnos, when she said 
'• Take care of the little blind children," became a reality. It 
was the first kindergarten for the blind in America. Kinder- 
garten children accomplish more in higher grades. Helen 
Keller began her education in this kindergarten. Number 
of pupils, 110. Under the same management as Perkins 
Institution. 

School for the Feeble Minded, Waltham. (Waverley car 
in Subway to Waverley St.) Founded in lS47. Is under State 
trial training. Their work is applied to the production of 
useful articles. Some of the occupations for boys are shoe 
repairing, carpenter work, cane seating, broom making, and 
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rag carpets, basketry, and lace making. There is regular 
progression in work. Outdoor work in summer improves 
the general health of the child, and mental development follows 
the physical. To keep the school's charges healthy, happy^ 
and out of mischief one must have both occupation and recre- 
ation. The school has 1383 feeble-minded pupils. President, 
William W. Swan. Superintendent, Walter E. Fernald. 

Art, Music, and Other Schools 

Art 

School of Drawing and Painting, at the Museum of Fine 
Arts, Huntington Ave. (.Bruokline Village Huntington Ave. 
surface car in Subway to new Art Museum.) Established 1876. 
Occupies one story building on new Art Museum grounds. 
Excelled by none in the country. Among the instructors are 
Edmund Tarbeil and Frank Benson. Number of pupils, 264. 

The Pape School, Farragut Building, corner of Massachusetts 
Ave. and Boylston St. (Any Boylston St. surface car in Subway 
to Massachusetts Ave.) Drawing and painting from life. 
Modelled on Paris academies. Head instructor, Eric Pape. 

Boston Normal Art, corner of Exeter and Newbury Sts. 
(Any Cambridge surface car in Subway to Exeter St.) Estab- 
lished in 1S73. Under direction of State Board of Education. 
Prepares pupils to teach drawing and painting in public schools. 
Tuition free to those who teach in the State. Principal, George 
H. Bartlett. 

Alumni Headquarters — Gallery called Normal Art Gallery 
and Club Rooms in Grundemann Studios, 198 Clarendon St. 
(Any southbound surface car in Subway to Clarendon Sts) 
Miss Sacker's School of Decorative Design, Park Building, 
Park Sq. (Subway to Boylston St.) Training classes in deco- 
rative design. 

Music 

New England Conservatory of Music, Huntington Ave. 

and Gainsborough St. (Any Brookline Village Huntington 

Ave. surface car in Subway to Gainsborough St.) Founded in 

1853 by Dr. Eben Tourjee. One of the two finest equipped 

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conservatory buildings in tiie world. No other building has so 
many pipe organs under a single roof. Instruction given in 
voice, piano, organ, stringed and wind instruments, harmonic 
analysis, composition and opera coaching. Such men as Carl 
Baermann, Wallace Goodrich, and Charles White assist the 
director, George W. Chadwick. 

Whitney School, Symphony Chambers, 246 Huntington 
Ave. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Massachu- 
setts Ave.) Instruction in voice, piano, and violin. Italian 
method of voice used. Director, W. L. Whitney. 

Faelten Pianoforte School, 30 Huntington Ave. (Hunting- 
ton Ave. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) Founded 
in 1897. Aims to develop symmetrically the whole individual. 
Trains ear, understanding, memory, and muscles simultane- 
ously. Makes thoughtful musicians. Children's department 
and normal instruction besides regular four years' course. 
Weekly recitals during season, to which the public are admitted. 
Head of school, Mr. Carl Faelten. 

There are excellent private teachers in Boston. The studios 
of some of them are in Huntington Chambers, Huntington 
Ave. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth 
St.); Pierce Building, Huntington Ave. and Dartmouth St. 
(Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth St.); 
Steinert Building, 162 Boylston St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

Physical 

The Sargent School for Physical Education, 6 Everett 
St., Cambridge. (North Cambridge or Arlington surface car 
in Subway to Everett St.) School established in 1881 and 
ranks very high. Its purpose is to instruct in the practice and 
theory of Physical Education and tit pupils to teach this branch 
of study. The school includes four departments — Normal, 
Remedial, Hygienic, and Recreative. There are two completely 
equipped gymnasiums, lecture rooms, a swimming pool, and 
an Athletic Field. Number of pupils, 182. 

Schools of Expression 

Emerson College of Oratory, 30 Huntington Ave. (Any 
Huntington Ave. car to Dartmouth St.) School includes 
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belles-lettres, the spoken word, and physical training. There 
is a school of pedagogy in connection. Besides training in 
oratory, the School aims to give a personal and literary culture. 
It is the largest school of the kind in the world. Summer 
courses given. Number of students, 458. President, Henry 
Lawrence Southwick. 

Leland Powers School, 177 Huntington Ave. (Any Hunt- 
ington Ave. car to Norway St.) Technique given is simple and 
scientific. The work of the School is fundamentally to help 
the pupil to free the agents of expression so that he may be 
himself creative. The goal kept in mind is to translate great 
masterpieces back to life through a living voice and an expres- 
sive body, the emotional response to thought meanwhile being 
controlled by artistic judgment. The school is not old, but its 
success has been marked. Head of School, Leland Powers. 

Musical Organizations 

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, corner of 
Huntingdon and Massachusetts Aves. (Huntington Ave. surface 
car in Subway to Massachusetts Ave.) Organized in 1880 by 
Major Henry L. Higginson. Membership, 99. Holds weekly 
Friday afternoon and Saturday evening concerts from October 
to April. Considered the best orchestra in America, and one 
of the best in the world. Conductor, Carl Muck. Seats in 
second balcony may be had at a small price by standing in line 
the day of concert. 

Handel and Haydn Society. Organized in 1815. Member- 
ship, 525. Mixed chorus of 400. Four public concerts during 
each winter. The Messiah given Christmas evening is an 
annual event. President, William F. Bradbury. Conductor, 
Mr. E. Mollenhauer. 

Boston Opera Company, Boston Opera House, Huntington 
Ave. and St. Stephens St. (Huntington Ave. Brookline Village 
car to Opera House.) Founded through the generosity of Eben 
D. Jordan. Mr. Henry Russell, a remarkable man in the operatic 
world, selected as director. The Boston Opera House has 
become a center of the movement to make opera a part of 
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common life of the American people. Grand Opera perform- 
ances with the world's best singers given Monday, Wednesday, 
and Friday evenings, and Saturday matinees, from November 
to April. 

The Pierian Sodality of Harvard University, founded in 
1806, is the oldest musical society in the country. 

MacDowell Club. Club rooms, 492 Boylston St. (Any 
Boylston St. or Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to 
Clarendon St.) Organized in 1896 by Mr. MacDowell's pupils 
after he left Boston. Membership, 325. Ten concerts and 
two musical receptions given during season. President, Miss 
Helen M. Ranney. 

St. Cecilia Club. Organized in 1901. Mixed chorus. 
Membership, 15O. Three public concerts given annually with 
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. President, Arthur Foote. 
Conductor, Arthur Mees. 

Apollo Club. Organized in 1871. Male voices. Member- 
ship, 80. Noted for fine ensemble work in part songs. Presi- 
dent, Courtney Guild. Conductor, Emil Mollenhauer. 

Choral Union and People's Singing Classes 

Organized in 1897. Membership, 450. Mixed chorus. 
Charge for instruction is nominal. President, Henry G. 
Pickering. Musical director, F. W. Wodell. 

Clubs which Foster Art 

Copley Society, Copley Hall, 198 Clarendon St. (Any 
Boylston St. or Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to 
Clarendon St.) The Copley Society Annual Twelfth Night 
Revels is a remarkable society event. Annual loan collection 
exhibition in March. Occasional loan exhibitions and lectures 
during the winter. 

Boston Art Club, corner of Dartmouth and Newbury Sts. 
(Any Cambridge car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) Club or- 
ganized in 1857. Membership, 800. Its object is to promote 
love of art. Various other art clubs exhibit here. 
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The Society of Arts and Crafts, 9 Park St. (Subway to 
Park St.) Incorporated in 1897. Its purpose is to develop and 
encourage higher artistic standards in the handicrafts. Per- 
manent exhibition and salesroom of accepted work of members. 

Boston Architectural Club, founded in 1877. Membership, 
227. Frequent exhibitions at 6 Somerset St. (Subway to 
Park St.) President, Louis C Newhall. 

Art stores have fine exhibits of original paintings during 
the winter. 



Military Organizations 

Ancient and Honorable Artillery, Faneuil Hall. (Surface 
car in Subway to Adams Sq.) Founded in 1638. Oldest military 
organization in the country. Drumhead election first Monday 
in June on the Common. Their Museum in Faneuil Hall con- 
tains many interesting relics, among them original newspapers 
giving account of the fight at Concord, drums used at the 
Battle of Bunker Hill, and a wine glass used by Washington at 
a function held in Faneuil Hall. Also autographs of Washington 
and King Edward. 

First Corps of Cadets of the Mass. Volunteer Militia, 

Armory, corner of Columbus Ave. and Ferdinand St. (Any 
Tremont St. car to Ferdinand St.) A body of citizen soldiery 
maintained for public protection. Organized in 1741. Acted 
as escort to Provincial Governors and did duty in Rhode Island 
during the Revolutionary War. It escorted Washington and 
all the Presidents, and many distinguished people who have 
visited Boston . The Governor of the Commonwealth, ex-officio, 
is Honorary Colonel of the Corps. The cornerstone of its 
beautiful armory was laid by ex-Governor RusselJ, who had 
been one of their number. The cadet theatricals, held in years 
past, and their occasional band concerts are marked society 
events. 

Military Order of the Loyal Legion, headquarters in Cadets 
Armory. (Columbus Ave. surface car in Subway to Ferdinand 
St.) Contains interesting collection of Southern relics; also 
the flag belonging to Barbara Frietchie in 1862. 
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Headquarters of the Department of Mass. Grand Army 
of the Republic, State House Annex, Room 11. (Subway to 
Park St.) 

Legion of Spanish Veterans, Room 21 , Old Court House. 
(Subway to Scollay Sq.) 

Masonic Headquarters, Masonic Temple, corner of 
Boylston and Tremont Sts. (Subway to Boylston St.) Henry 
Price was appointed Provincial Grand Master of New England 
in 1733 by the Grand Master of England. In 1783 two lodges 
united, forming the St. John's Lodge of Boston, the oldest in 
the country. Much of the early history of Masonry in this 
country was connected with the Green Dragon Tavern. The 
present temple, where thirteen lodges and various other orders 
meet, was built in 1899, and cost $500,000. It contains five halls, 
several Sodality rooms, and 12,000 volumes in the library. 
Among the historical treasures are an apron worn by Gen. 
Joseph Warren, and the apron worn by Lafayette at the laying 
of the cornerstone of Bunker Hill in 1825. There are 25,000 
Masons within thirty miles of Boston. The present Grand 
Master is Dana Judson Flanders, of Maiden. 

Directory of Boston Clubs and Other 
Organizations 

The Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce Build- 
ing, India St. (Elevated or Shuttle to Rowes Wharf, or sur- 
face car on Washington St.) An organization composed of 
over 3800 business and professional men, is the largest and 
most powerful institution of the kind in the United States. 
Their board room has floor space of 4300 square feet. 

Algonquin Club, 21 7 Commonwealth Ave. (Any Cambridge 
surface car in Subway to Fairfield St.) Organized in 1885. 
Social club for men. Large membership. 

Somerset Club, 42 Beacon St. (Subway to Park St.) Social 
club for men. 

Union Club, 8 Park St. (Subway to Park St.) Social club 
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Puritan Club, corner of Beacon and Spruce Sts. (Subway 
to Park St.) Social Club for men. Membership, 300. 

Tavern Club, 4 Boylston St. (Subway to Boyiston St.) 
Established for dining and social purposes. Its membership, 
which is limited to 125, includes many well-known literary and 
professional men. 

Boston City Club, corner of Beacon and Somerset Sts. 
(Subway to Park St.) Organized in 1907. Membership, 3200. 
A social and civic club for men. Its democratic spirit has 
made a wide appeal; lOOO men use the Club House daily 
during the winter. Thursday night addresses and entertain- 
ments given. President, David F. Tilley. 

St. Botolph Club, 2 Newbury St. (Any Boylston St. surface 
car in Subway to Arlington St.) Organized in 1880. Many 
distinguished professional men among members. Art exhibits 
held during winter. 

Tennis and Racket Club, corner of Boylston and Hereford 
Sts. (Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Hereford St.) 
Opened in 1903. No better equipped athletic club in the 
country. Membership limited to 400. 

University Club, 270 Beacon St. (Any Cambridge surface 
car in Subway to Exeter St.) Men's social club for university 
graduates. 

Woman's College Club, 40 Commonwealth Ave. (Boyl- 
ston St. or Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Arlington 
St.) Organized 1S90. Club House opened in October, 1905. 
First woman's college club in the country to have a building 
of its own. Membership over 500. Receptions on Saturday 
and Monday afternoons. 

Assembly Club, Boylston St. (Any Boylston St. car to 
Arhngton St.) An exclusive Eating Club for women. 

Chilton Club, 152 Commonwealth Ave. (Boylston St. 
surface car in Subway to Clarendon St.) A social club for 
women. Membership limited. 

Bostonian Society, Old State House. (Washington St. 

surface car, or Tunnel to State St.) Organized in 1881 to 

prom.ote the study of history of Boston and the preservation 

of its antiquities. Membership, 1119. Meetings once a 

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month, when original papers are read. Library comprises 
5000 volumes and pamphlets, among them rare editions of 
historical publications. Their museum occupies upper stories 
of State House. 

Boston Browning Society. Organized in 1885 . The society 
has devoted twenty-tive years to the study of the great dynamic 
thinker whose name it bears. Now studying Browning's 
work chronologically. President, Rev. Dr. William Harman 
van Allen. 

Elysium Club, 218 Huntington Ave. (Any Huntington Ave. 
car in Subway.) The club is composed largely of Hebrew 
merchants, bankers, and professional men, and is quite repre- 
sentative in its membership. 

Boston Caledonian Club, founded in 1854. Chief, James 
L. Williamson. Membership, 500. Celebrate Burns' Birthday 
yearly, when about 10,000 are present. 

The Boston Athletic Association, corner of Exeter and 
Blagden Sts. (Any Cambridge surface car in Subway to 
Exeter St.) Organized in 1888. Well equipped building 
opened in IS91. Membership, 1800. 

Appalachian Mountain Club. Headquarters in Tremont 
Building. (Subway to Park St.) Walking and climbing club. 
Founded in 1876. Membership, 1500. Some of the best 
mountain climbers in America belong. Frequent lectures in 
Huntington Hall, Rogers Building. Walking trips every Saturday 
afternoon. Long trips several times a year. One of the 
most active clubs in Massachusetts. 

Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Neck. (Trains from North 
Station.) Representative yacht club of New England for large 
and high-class yachts. Membership of 750, largely made up 
of Boston men. 

Boston Yacht Club is a very live organization. It has 
7S0 members, 360 yachts, and club houses in Boston, South 
Boston, Dorchester, Hull, Marblehead, and Five Islands, Me. 
Races occur in June and September. Boston Club House is at 
Rowes Wharf. (From Back Bay Hotels take Subway car, 
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Besides the clubs already mentioned, there are hundreds of 
women's literary clubs and scores of chapters of the various 
patriotic societies which are doing a great work in Boston and 
throughout New England. 

Social and Civic 

Massachusetts Civic League, 3 Joy St. (Subway to Park 
St) Organized to promote movements for civic betterment 
and to give public opinion force in shaping legislation. The 
attractive Town Room, which contains a library on social and 
civic matters, is intended to direct those interested in improve- 
ment of community conditions. The main lines of their 
present activity are in housing and playground fields. Presi- 
dent, Edward Cummings. 

Women's Municipal League of Boston, 49 Beacon St. 
Organized to educate women to understand their civic re- 
sponsibilities and to unite all women into an intelligent organ- 
ized body of public opinion so reasonable in its demands as 
to compel attention. Co-operates with existing organizations 
and initiates experiments in new work. Is working with South 
End House to better house, market, and street conditions. 
Membership, 724. President, Katharine Bowlker. 

Boston — 1915. Central Office, Beacon St. (Subway to Park 
St ) Boston — 1915 is an attempt to organize the social, civic, 
educational, and philanthropic resources of the city. It recog- 
nizes that Boston is a whole, having both business and social 
problems, and the movement aims to be a great clearing house 
where effort may be co-ordinated, duplications avoided, and 
concentrated action possible. It does not seek to create new 
forces for civic betterment, but through co-operation to make 
organizations already existing more effective. A general 
directorate has been formed. More than a thousand societies, 
working in unrelated ways, were divided into fifteen groups, 
according to their special interests, and directors elected to 
represent each group; five additional directors were chosen to 
represent Boston as a whole, and five to represent the suburbs. 
This delegated body consists of some eighty-five directors who . 
are to guide the activities of the movement in the future. A 
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have the force of the whole organization behind it. So far as 
we know, no similar movement has been so generally adopted 
by a great city. The Exposition held in the Old Art Museum 
in November, 1909, aimed to show what forces were at work 
for civic betterment in Boston and what co-operation would 
mean. In the six weeks it was open the Exposition was an 
impressive object lesson to some 200,000 visitors. Some of 
the problems Boston — 1915 is now investigating are housing 
and illegitimate congestion, health, and the employment and 
amusement of youths. The directors of the Boston — 1915 
Movement realize that they are attempting much to organize 
such vast and varied interests, but they work with a wide 
optimism, feeling sure that the Exposition to be held in 1915 
will show great gain and impress the public anew with Boston's 
countless advantages as a place in which to live and work. 
Executive Director, James P. Monroe. 

The Twentieth Century Club, 3 Joy St. (Subway to Park 
St.) Organized to promote a finer public spirit and a better 
social order. Members meet at Saturday luncheons from Sep- 
tember until June to discuss vital questions affecting public 
welfare. Membership, 650. President, Charles F. Dole. 

Monday Evening Club. Dinner and speeches at 3 Joy St. 
every month during winter. (Subway to Park St.) The club 
is composed of all the paid charity workers of the city. One 
hundred organizations are represented and there are five hun- 
dred workers. President, Carl Carstens. 

Charity and Philanthropy 

The following institutions have been chosen either because 
they are large and important, or because they are unique and 
tfpical. It is hoped that the list and descriptions will be of 
interest to those who are in need of help, to others who would 
like to study our institutions, and to still others who have time 
at their disposal to lend a hand. Familiarity with them con- 
vinces one that most of our institutions have imperative need 
of tactful, sympathetic volunteer workers. 

Young Men's Christian Association, formerly 458 Boylston 
St., where good library, well-equipped gymnasium, religious 
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emplnyment bureau have done large work. Evening In.stilnte, 
of whicli Mr. Frank P. Speare is head, is tremendously popular. 
Thorough elementary and technical courses taught by experts. 
Temporary quarters at 2 Ashburton PI. (Subway to Park 
St.) A tine building will soon be erected on Huntington Ave. 
The association has brandies in all large colleges around 
Boston. President, Arthur S. Johnson. 

The Railroad Branch of Y. M. C. A., 160 Beverly St., 
near North Station. ( Elevated to North Station.) Doing a fine 
work tor railroad men. Tiie building contains sleeping rooms, 
restaurant, and library. 

Young Men's Christian Union, 48 Boylston St. (Subway 
to Boylston St.) Incorporated in 1852. The institution has 
good gymnasium, library of 18.500 volumes, and reading room, 
and board, room, and employment bureaus. Young women 
admitted with the young men to evening classes, religious 
services, and entertainments. Membership fee small. Presi- 
dent, Frank L. Locke. 

Boston Young Women's Christian Association, corner of 
Berkeley and Appleton Sts. (Any Columbus Ave. car in Sub- 
way.) Founded in 1867. Working girls can secure board and 
rooms at the B. Y. W C. A. Building and at the Association 
Home, 68 Warrington St. (Subway to Pleasant St.) Board- 
ing place -^ leconuuendL'd to transieids. Remarkably fine gym- 
nasium. Home life and social activities, Bible classes, school 
of stenography, and employment bureau important. The 
Travelers' Aid Department sends a representation to the ocean 
steamers to meet and befriend girls who are alone. President, 
Mrs. Benjamin Tenney. 

South End House. Men's Residence and Central Office, 
20 Union Park. (Washington St. car to Union Park.) Women's 
Residence at 43 East Canton St. (Washington St. car going 
south.) Kindergarten and station for pasteurized milk for 
babies at South Bay Union, 640 Harrison Ave. (Washington 
St. surface car to Dedham St.) Room Registry, 171 West 
Brookline St. (Washington St. surface car going south.) 
Here the South End House maintains a well selected list of 
places where lodging may be found. During the summer, 
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board and room may he had at the house itself, which is 
centrally located. 

Much attention is given to hygiene and proper housing in 
tenement houses. Self help and mutual aid inculcated. Talent 
encouraged and industrial and domestic training given under 
experts. Clubs, amusements, and healthful social life of com- 
munity fostered by bringing the neighborhood together, paving 
the way for better citizenship. South End House has twenty- 
two resident workers, eleven men and eleven women, and one 
hundred associate workers. President, Rev. George Hodges. 
Head of House. Robert A. Woods. 

Denison House, a college settlement, 93 Tyler St. (Wash- 
ington St. surface car to Oak St.) Aims to present best 
American standards to thousands coming to our shores, and 
wages a campaign for social righteousness. Number of resi- 
dent workers, twelve. Non-resident workers, fifty. Evening 
classes, neighborhood clubs, and social gatherings for young 
people and their parents. Children's classes in the afternoon. 
Stamp saving department strong. Thursday evening is recep- 
tion night. Head worker. Miss Helena S. Dudley. 

FrankHn Square House, 1 1 E. Newton St. (Washington St. 
surface car to Newton St.) Founder, Rev. Dr. George L. Perin. 
A home for young women working and studying in Boston. 
Accommodates four hundred girls. Largest of its kind in the 
world. A clean, safe place for self-respecting girls. Transients 
will be accommodated at any hour of day or night. Social life 
a feature. Superintendent, Mrs. Alice Gray Teele. 

Sailors' Haven, 46 Water St., Charlestown. (Sullivan Sq. 
Elevated train to City Sq.) Established in 1891. New build- 
ing opened in October, 1905. One of the three best equipped 
Seamen's Missions in the world. The building contains chapel, 
concert hall, game and social room, reading and writing 
room, baths, and lockers. Volunteer hostesses a feature. 
Designed to be a home to all men who go to sea. Especially 
successful in its work both for the men of the navy and of the 
merchant service. Religious services on Sunday and Tuesday 
evenings. Unique concerts, to which public are admitted, on 
Thursday evenings. President, the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence; 
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The Boston Floating Hospital, Nortli End Park. (Atlantic 
Ave. Elevated to Battery St. Station.) Organized in 1894. It 
is unique of its kind in the world, and is drawing the attention 
of scientific men at home and abroad. Provides free treat- 
ment for sick babies from July l to September 15. Skilled 
physicians and graduate nurses in attendance. Desperate cases 
are in permanent wards, and a special staff of doctors and 
nurses are on duty at night. Most scientific methods are used 
in Food Laboratory, where modified milk and special foods are 
prepared. Offers post-graduate training for young physicians 
and nurses, and teaches mothers to better care for their children 
at home. The hospital is supported wholly by subscription. 
The naming of days and nights for benefactors has proved a 
popular feature. Further information concerning the hospital 
may be obtahied from the manager, G. Loring Briggs, at his 
office. Room 16, at 54 Devonshire St. , from 9 i.o 5. 

The Social Service Department of the Massachusetts 
General Hospital occupies a corridor in the Out-Patient 
Department, Fruit Street. (West End or Forest Hills surface 
car to North Grove St.) For several years physicians in out- 
patient work of city hospitals have seen the folly of ordering 
a diet which the patient could not procure or a vacation he 
was too poor to take. In 1905 the Massachusetts General 
Hospital organized a Social Service Department and became 
pioneers in a great movement which has sprung up all over 
the country to solve the problem of bridging the gulf between 
the physician's prescription and its fulfillment. 

Patients are sent by the physicians to a corps of efficient 
social workers who talk with them, visit them in their homes, 
and, by careful following up, find out the causes of their ill- 
health and show them how to overcome their difficulties. 

The Department does not itself disburse relief funds, but the 
resources of the community are widely utilized. In one year 
164 charities, besides hospitals, convalescent homes, and the 
District Nursing Association, were made use of. 

Every year hospitals have wasted money on patients who, 

from lack of following up, shortly relapsed into the condition 

from which they had just been rescued. The Social Service 

Department does much to make permanent the work done in 

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The cure of disease among the poor has come to mean in 
general education, prevention, and financial help. The three 
great classes in which the Department has been especially 
helpful are tuberculosis, sex hygiene, and meiftal and nervous 
diseases. 

The workers render aid in finding work for the handicapped, 
and instruction is given in the home in infant feeding, the care 
of delicate children, and the hygiene of food, sleep, fresh air, 
the body and the teeth. 

Frequently, as some one has said, the patient becomes not 
only well but better than if he had not been sick. The work 
grows rapidly and becomes every year more efficient. Those 
starting a similar branch in other hospitals will be welcomed 
by the Department. Dr. Richard C. Cabot, Chairman of the 
Supervisory Committee; Miss Ida M. Cannon, Head Worker. 

Instructive District Nursing Association, 56l Massachu- 
setts Ave. (Shawmut Ave. surface car in Subway to Massa- 
chusetts Ave.) Trained nurses work under the direction of 
physicians. Incorporated in 1S88 to care for the sick poor 
at their homes and for instruction in home nursing and whole- 
some living. Boston is divided into districts, and there are 
local centers from which calls may be sent. Besides general 
work, the nurses do factory, maternity, tuberculosis, experi- 
mental, and day nursery work. Separate nurses are detailed 
for contagious and suspect cases and splendid work is done 
in checking the spread of contagion. The Association is co- 
operating with the Floating Hi.spital to save the lives of the 
sick babies of the poor, the nurses following up the Hospital 
day cases by night visits in the homes. The Training School 
gives training in social service work, which is so much 
needed, and the Milk Stations, now cared for by a separate orga- 
nization, are important adjuncts of the nurses' work. A 
recent and highly successful experiment is the collection of 
healthy mothers' milk and feeding it to sick babies. There is 
a school connected with the Association which, besides the 
regular course in nursing, gives instruction in social service, 
so much needed by the district nurse. 

Bureau of Milk Inspection (a branch of the Health Depart- 
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in Subway to Dartmoutli St.) Rules have been laid down for the 
dairyman and regulations for the care and sale of milk. It is 
the duty of this department to see that these are obeyed. To 
this end milk samples are brought in from all dealers and 
tested weekly, the samples amounting to over 21,000 during a 
year. The State Law says that milk must contain 15 per cent 
of fat, and the Boston Board of Health decrees that milk shall 
contain not more than 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. 
The public is yet far from adequately aroused to the impor- 
tance to the life of the community of carefully handled milk of 
good quality. Fresh, clean milk from cows free from disease 
should be insisted upon, and customers should be educated in 
the care of milk as well as dairymen. Inspector of milk, 
James O. Jordan. 

Milk and Baby Hygiene Association, 64a Tyler St. 
(Washington St. surface car to Harvard St.) Bad milk and bad 
hygiene are responsible for excessive infant mortality among 
the families of the poor. When a mother feeds an eight 
months' old baby plums, and an older sister feeds her six 
months' old brother ice-cream cones, one realizes that igno- 
rance must be aggressively attacked. The various stations of 
tiie Association have whole as well as moditled milk of the 
highest quality. Instruction is given to mothers and fathers 
in baby hygiene, both at the stations and in the homes, by 
skilled nurses and physicians. The moditled milk and proper 
formulas are distributed between eight and nine in the morn- 
ing. Later in the day the nurses go to the homes to see that 
the instructions are understood and are being carried out. 
President, Mr. George H. Ellis. 

Charity Building, 43 Hawkins St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 
Is the center of a number of deserving and well organized chari- 
ties. It contains the offices of The Co-operative Society of 
Visitors among the Poor of Boston, Boston Children's Aid 
Society, Massachusetts Infant Asylum, Society of St. Vincent 
de Paul, Boston Provident Association, German Aid Society, 
Associated Charities of Boston (Confidential Ex.) Industrial 
Aid Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, Soldiers' Relief 
Department, Overseers of the Poor, Federation of Jewish 
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Associated Charities, Room 31, Charity Building, Hawkins 
St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) Founded in 1879. To secure 
harmonious action of different charities of Boston, to prevent 
begging and imposition, to aid the poor to help tliemselves. 
Every applicant for aid investigated. Corps of eight 
hundred friendly visitors. The Confidential Exchange, a 
social registry for the protection of the family, is of growing 
importance. Aim to make people better and happier where 
they are and with resourses which they have. President, 
Chas. P. Putnam, M. D. 

Children's Aid Society, Charity Building, 43 Hawkins St., 
corner of Chardon St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) hicorporated 
in 1865. Investigates cases of exposed or wayward children, 
gives advice, promotes needed legislation, and encourages co- 
operation among child-helping societies. Children placed in 
private families under supervision. Home libraries established 
in 1887. Seventy library clubs, with membership of ten each, 
meet weekly with volunteer visitors, who encourage good 
reading, home amusements, penny savings, and foster whole- 
some home life. Finest library of charity literature in the 
country. Over two thousand children supported or befriended 
during a year. President, Horatio A. Lamb. 

Board of Overseers of the Poor, Charity Building, 43 
Hawkins St ., corner Chardon. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) Between 
two and three thousand families assisted in a year and over 
twenty-two thousand visits made by the board visitors. 
Chairman of the Board, William P. Fowler. Secretary, Benja- 
min Pettee. Two homes are maintained in the neighborhood, 
one a Temporary Home for IVomeii and Children, corner of 
Chardon and Bowker Sts., and a Lodge for IVaj'farers for 
men at 30 Hawkins St. 

Federated Jewish Charities, Charity Building, 43 Hawkins 
St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) It comprises nine most important 
Jewish charities. The organization does a large immigrant 
work, where the foreign born man or woman is cared for from 
the moment of landing up to the time he is a citizen and self- 
supporting. Twenty departments specializing in a specific line 
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having to §o from one to another. By applying at the central 
oftlce his needs are cared for. Supt. Max Mitchell. 

St. Vincent de Paul, office, Charity Building, 43 Hawkins 
St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) A Roman Catholic philanthropy 
whose object is to practice a Christian life and care for the 
needy. Comprises several charities which assist deserving 
Italian, German, and colored Catholics, and does a large work 
among Irish immigrant girls and for Roman Catholic children. 

German Aid Society, Charity Building, 43 Hawkins St. 
(Subway to Scollay Sq.) Its object is to aid German immi- 
grants to find suitable employment and to provide temporary 
support. They also assist German residents who are in need. 
President, Mr. C- W. Holtzer. 

State Board of Charity, State House. (Subway to Park St) 
Supervises charity work of the city and state. A meeting is 
held in the Charity Building once a month, to discuss settle- 
ment laws and forms of relief. Supt. of Division of Adult Poor, 
Dr. Joshua Lewis; Supt. of State Minor Wards, James E. Fee. 

Florence Crittenton League of Compassion. Office 514 
Tremont Temple. (Subway to Park St.) Affiliated with the 
National Florence Crittenton Society in Washington, a philan- 
thropy for the shelter and assistance of erring and unfortunate 
girls. The League maintains a Home of Compassion on Massa- 
chusetts Ave., a Maternity Home and training school for nurses 
in Watertown, and a Mission Hall and refuge on Blossom St., 
West End. Situations are provided for the girls after leaving 
the home, and the League has been very succesful in the 
permanency of the reclamation. 

Salvation Army Headquarters, 8 E. Brookline St. (Elevated 
to Dover St., transfer to surface car going up Washington St., 
get oflF at E. Brookline St.) Boston Army has six centers for 
spiritual work, three industrial homes, four shelters, besides 
second-hand stores, employment bureaus, and nominal priced 
restaurants. People's Palace, corner of E. Brookline and Wash- 
ington Sts. (Washington St. surface car to Brookline St.) 
Contains game room, restaurant, reading room and library, 
baths, lodgings, and employment bureau, and auditorium. 

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Mass. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 45 

Milk St. (Washington St. surface car to Milic St.) First 
President and Founder of National Society, Geo. T. Angell. The 
society does much legislative work. Pres., Francis H. Rowley. 

Massachusetts Women's Christian Temperance Union, 

headquarters in Cuiigregatiunal Building, Beacon St. (Subway 
to Park St.) Organized in 1874. Incorporated in Boston in 
1877. The Union undertakes many lines of helpful work, and 
is a power for civic righteousness. Some very interesting de- 
partments, perhaps too little known on the outside, are Purity, 
the Study of Health and Heredity, Medal Contests, School 
Savings Bank, Peace and Arbitr.ation, and the Flov.'er Mission. 
Scientific Temperance Instruction has become a very important 
part of the work. President of Missachusetts W. C. T. U., 
Katharine Lent Stevenson. 

Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute, 279 

Treniont St., near Hollis St. (Subway to Boyiston St.) Cares 
for orphaned, friendless, and unfortunate children. Peculiarly 
interesting in that it originated in the thought of a child, and 
has been since supported by children of Unitarian Sunday 
Schools with the help of other children and a few adult friends. 
The mission aims to help applicants to help themselves and to 
hold families together wherever possible. Non-sectarian in its 
philanthropy, children of all races and creeds are assisted each 
year. Temporary homes found for children in private families. 
President. Henry M. Williams. Parker B. Field, Superintendent. 

Home for Destitute Catholic Children, 788 Harrison Ave. 
(Elevated to Northampton St., transfer to surface car down, 
Washington to E. Concord St.) Conducted by the Sisters of 
Charity for destitute and orphan children. Sister Gabrieile in 
charge. 1778 children cared for during the year ending 
December 31, 1909. 

Animal Rescue League, 51 Carver St., near Park Sq. 
(Subway to Boyiston SI.) Incorporated in l899. It occupies 
five houses and receives and cares for lost and homeless dogs 
and cats, five thousand dogs and twenty-five thousand cats 
being received at the home in one year. The League also 
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where men in poor circumstances can bring their horses for 
a vacation or for special care. President and founder, Mrs. 
Hunting:ton Smith. 

Phillips Brooks House, Cambridge. (Cambridge tunnel 
or surface car from Park St. to Harvard Sq.) Founded in 
1899. Center of Harvard rehgious and philanthropic work. 
Students brought in contact with opportunities to do social 
and charitable work in Cambridge and Boston. Includes re- 
ligious organizations, social service committee, and Harvard 
Mission. The Phillips Brooks House fosters a truer apprecia- 
tion of mission work by Harvard men, and appeals to them to 
participate. 

Directory of Leading Churches 

There are about 315 churches in Boston. Some are of 
historic interest, some, are known for their beauty, others are 
doing strong" institutional work, and still others have trained 
Sunday School teachers to whom salaries are paid. 

Baptist 

Tremont Temple Baptist Church, Tremont St. (Subway 
to Park St.) Largest Baptist Church in America. Pastor 
Cortland Meyers, D. D. 

First Baptist Church, corner of Clarendon St. and Com- 
monwealth Ave. (Huntington Ave. or Boyiston St. car in 
Subway to Clarendon St.) Founded in 1665. Pastor, Rev. 
Austen K. De Blois. 

Clarendon Street Baptist Church. (Any Columbus Ave. 
car to Clarendon St.) Dr. Gordon, one of the strongest men 
in the denomination, formerly preached here. Pastor, Rev. 
James A. Francis. 

C ongregational 

(New) Old South Church, corner of Boyiston and Dart- 
mouth Sts. (Any Cambridge surface car in Subway to Dart- 
mouth St.) From its associations and wealth most important 
Congregational Church in America. Fine tower which leans 
slightly. Architecture, Italian Gothic. Pastor, Rev. George A. 
Gordon, one of the most popular speakers in Boston. Good 
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Central Congregational Church, corner of Newbury and 
Berkeley Sts. (Any Cambridge or Huntington Ave. car in 
Subway to Berkeley St.) Fine windows. Pastor, Rev. John 
Hopkins Denison. Good music. 

Mt. Vernon Church, corner of Beacon St. and Massachusetts 
Ave. (Any Beacon St. surface car in Subway to Beacon St.) 
Dwight L. Moody, the Evangelist, first professed religion here. 
Pastor, Rev. James A. Richards. 

Park St. Church, corner of Tremont and Park Sts. (Subway 
to Park St.) Of great denominational interest. A bulwark of 
Trinitarianism. Good music. Pastor, Rev. A. Z. Conrad. 
(Also see Park St. Church under Places of Historic Interest.) 

Harvard Church, Harvard Ave., Brookline. (Coolidge 
Corner surface car in Subway.) Pastor, Dr. Ambrose W. 
Vernon. 

Christian Science 

First Church of Christ, Scientist, corner of Falmouth and 
Norway Sts. (Huntington Ave. surface car to Falmouth St.) 
" The Mother Church." All Christian Scientists may be mem- 
bers here. Large annex completed in 1906 has seating capacity 
of over 5000. Open to visitors on Wednesdays and Fridays 
from 10 to 5. Sunday services at 10.45 and 7-30; Wednesday 
Evening Testimonial Service at 7.30. First Reader, John C. 
Lathrop; Second Reader, Miss Grace E. Collins. 

Episcopal 

Church of the Advent, corner of Mt. Vernon and Brimmer 
Sts. (Take Charles St. surface car at Park Sq. to Mt. Vernon 
St) High church service. Rector, the Rev. Father William 
H. Van Allen. Fine music. 

Mission Church of St. John the Evangelist, Bowdoin St. 
(Subway to Park St. or Cambridge car from Scollay Sq.) 
High church service. Priest in charge, the Rev. Father Bull. 

St. Paul's Church, Tremont St. (Subway to Park St.) 
Built in 1820. Daniel Webster used to sit in Pew 25. Rector, 
the Rev. Edmund S. Rousmaniere. 
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Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. (Huntington Ave. or 
Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Arlington St.) Beautiful 
interior and carved reredos. Rector, Rev. Elwood Worcester. 
Organist, Weston S. Gales. 

St. Stephen's Church, Florence St. (Any Washington St. 
surface car to Florence St.) Does large institutional work. 
Rector, the Rev. F. C. Lauderburn. 

Trmity Church, Cc>pley Sq. (Huntington Ave. surface car 
in Subway to Trinity PI.) Founded in 172S. Architecture, 
French Romanesque. Fine windows by John La Farge and 

E. Burne-Jones. Phillips Brooks was rector here for twenty- 
two years. His statue by St. Gaudens stands on church 
grounds. Present rector. Dr. Alexander Mann. 

Church of the Messiah, corner of Gainsborough and St. 
Stephen's Sts. (Any Brookline Village Huntington Ave. surface 
car in Subway to Gainsborough St.) High church service. 
Rector, the Rev. John McGaw Foster. 

Methodist Episcopal 

Bromfield Street M. E. Church, Bromfleld St. (Subway 
to Park St.) Pastor, Rev. Dr. L. A. Nics. 

Tremont M. E. Church, corner of C' mcord and Tremont 
,Sts. (Tremont St. surface car to Concord St ) Pastf>r, Rev. 
J. M. Leanard. 

First M. E. Church, Temple St., rear of State House. 
(Subway to Park St.) Pastor Rev. Ernest Lyman Mills. 

New Church (Swedenborgian) 

Church of the New Jerusalem, Bowd( lin St., opposite State 
House Park. (Subway to Park St.) Pastor, Rev. J. Reed. 

Church of the New Jerusalem, corner of Warren and St. 
James Sts., Ruxbury. (Any Grove Hall Warren St. surface car 
in Subway to Warren Monument.) Minister, Rev. William 

F. Wunsch. 

New Church Library and Reading Room. 16 Arlington St. 
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Presbyterian 

First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley St., corner of Colum- 
bus Ave. (Columbus Ave. car in Subway to Berkeley St.) 
Pastor, Rev. W. M. Tufts. 

Roman Catholic 

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross, c jrner of Washington and 
Maiden Sts. (Washington St. surface car to Maiden St.) 
Funeral services of the late Mayor Collins held here. Rector, 
His Eminence Cardinal O'Connell. 

St. Cecilia Church, corner of Belvidere and St. Cecilia Sts. 
(Any Beacon St. surface car in Subway to St. Cecilia St.) 
Rector, His Eminence Cardinal O'Connell. 

Church of the Immaculate Conception, corner of E. Con- 
cord St. and Harrison Ave. (Washington St. surface car to 
Concord St.) Rector, Rev. Thomas i. Gasson. 

Church of St. James, Harrison Ave. near Kneeland St 
(Washington St. surface car to Kneeland St.) Rector, Father 
McQuaid. 

Church or Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 1545 Tremonf 
St., Ro.xbury. (Huntington Ave. Brookline Village surface 
car in Subway to Tremont St.) Rector, Rev. Father James 
Hayes, C.S.S.R. 

Notre Dame des Victoires, 25 Isabella St., off Columbus 
Ave., near Berkeley St. (Columbus Ave. car in Subway to 
Berkeley St.) All services conducted in French. 

Unitarian 

Arlington Street Church, corner of Arlington and Boylston 
Sts. (Any Boylston St. or Huntington Ave. surface car in 
Subway to Arlington St.) William Ellery Channing was pastor 
for thirty-nine years. His statue stands across the way. Fine 
chime of bells in tower. Several Tiffany windows. Pastor, 
Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham. Fine music. 

First Church in Boston, corner of Berkeley and Marl- 
borough Sts. (Any southbound car in Subway to Berkeley St.) 
John Winthrop, first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay 
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Colony, one of the founders in 1630. The flftli church, buili 
in 1867, contains stone from the old church on Chauncy St. 
Minister, Rev. Charles E. Park. 

South Congregational Church, corner of Exeter and New- 
bury Sts. (Any Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Exeter 
St.) Minister, Rev. Edward Cummings. 

King's Chapel, corner of Tremont and School Sts. (Sub- 
way to Park St.) Built in 1754. British army and navy officers 
and the Colonial Court attended service here in the early days. 
Holmes and Charles Sumner were buried from King's Chapel. 
Minister, Rev. Howard N. Brown. Fine music. 

Universalist 

Columbus Avenue Universalist Church, Columbus Ave. 
(Any Columbus Ave. car to Back Bay Station.) Pastor, Rev. 
S. H. Roblin. 

Jewish Synagogue 

Temple Israel, corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Blanford 
St. (Any Cottage Farm car in Subway to Blanford St.) 
Architect, Clarence H. Blackall. Building, a homogeneous 
structure, typical of the Jews and their faith. Low dome 
recalls a tent and symbolizes a nomadic origin. The ark and 
pulpit are of white onyx, which is mentioned among precious 
stones which adorned Solomon's Temple. The*organ pipes are 
shaped like trumpets, and bronze and cedar are used in adorn- 
ing the temple. Tlie building is dedicated to the Brotherhood 
of Man and consecrated to the Fatherhood of God. Adath Israel 
is a congregation typical of progressive Judaism. Fine music. 
Harry Levi, Rabbi. 



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Hospitals 

Massachusetts General Hospital, corner of Blossom and 
Allen Sts. (Surface car at Scollay Sq. going west on Cambridge 
St. to Blossom St.) Telephone, Haymarket, 391. Established 
in 1811. Number of beds, 260. Best clinic in New England- 
Historic Dome Room. Ether, said to have been discovered by 
Dr. Morton, a dentist, first used here. Dr. Oliver Wendell 
Holmes, Dr. J. Mason Warren, and Henry J. Bigelow associated 
with this room. 

Boston City Hospital, Si 8 Harrison Ave. (Harrison Ave. 
surface car to Concord St.) Telephone, Tremont, 446. Estab- 
lished in 1864. Number of beds, 836. Has several outside 
branches. 

Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, E. Concord St. 
(Washington St. surface car to Concord St.) Teleplione, 
Tremont, 350. Established 1S55. Number of beds, 200. 

Carney Hospital, under Roman Catholic auspices, Dor- 
chester and Old Harbor Sts., South Boston. (City Point sur- 
face car to F St ) Telephone, South Boston, 322. Established in 
IS63. Conducted by Sisters of Charity, Sister Ganzoga in 
charge. Number of beds, 186. 

St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 61 W. Brookline St. (Tremont 
St. surface car to Brookline St.) Telephone, Tremont, 882. 
Established ISSO. Number of beds, 81. 

Children's Hospital, Huntington Ave. (Huntington Ave. 
surface car in Subway to Massachusetts Ave.) Telephone, 
Back Bay, 3840. Established in 1869. Number of beds, 100. 

Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, corner 
of Charles and Fruit Sts. (Westbound surface car at Scolkiy 
Sq. on Cambridge St. to Charles St.) Telephone, Haymarket, 
140. Established in I825. Number of beds, 150. 

Floating Hospital. See Charities and Philanthropies. 
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Important Monuments and Statues 

Shaw Monument, opposite State House. (Subway to Park 
St.) Designed by St. Gaudens. Very tine. Shows Colonel 
Sliaw in command ot the tirst colored regiment raised in tlie 
Civil War. 

Statues of Horace Mann, the educator, and Daniel Web- 
ster tiie orator, on terrace in front of State House. (Subway 
to Park St.) The Horace Mann statue was the gift of the 
school children of Boston. 

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common. (Sub- 
way to Park St.) Designed by Martin Milmore. Very 
imposing. 

Emancipation Group, Park Sq. (Subway to Boylston St.) 
Designed by Ball. Represents Lincoln freeing the slave. 

Statue of Charles Sumner, Public Garden at entrance to 
Subway. (Soutlibound surface car in Subway to Public 
Garden.) Designed by Ball. 

Group Commemorating the Discovery of Ether, Public 
Garden near Beacon St. (Southbi mnd surface car in Subway 
to Public Garden.) 

Equestrian Statue of Washington, Public Garden near 
Beacon St. (Southbound surface car in Subway to Public 
Garden.) Designed by Ball. One of the tlnest equestrian 
statues in the world. 

Phillips Brooks Statue on Trinity Church grounds, 
Huntington Ave. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to 
Trinity PI.) Inscribed, " Preacher of the Word of God, Lover 
of Mankind." Designed by St. Gaudens. 

Statue of Leif Ericson, Commonwealth Ave. (Harvard Sq. 
surface car in Subway to Comm(.)nwealth Ave.) Designed by 
Miss Whitney. Leif Ericson was the Norse leader supposed 
to have landed on our coast in the eleventh century. 

Statue of Farragut, Marine Park. (Any City Point car at 
Park Sq.) 

Statue of Mayor Collins, Fenway. (Any Chestnut Hill 
car to Fenway.) 

Statue of John Boyle O'Reiley, Fenway. (Any Chestnut 
Hill car to Fenway.) 

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Directory of Public Buildings and 
Public Offices 

City Hall, School St. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 

Court House, Pemberton Sq. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 
Also Juvenile Court, Court House, Pemberton Sq. (Subway 

to Scollay Sq.) 

Custom House. New building in process of construction. 
Temporary offices at 131 Tremont St. (Subway to Park St.) 

Chamber of Commerce. (Atlantic Ave. Elevated to State 

St.) 

Police Headquarters, Pemberton Sq. (Subway to Scollav 
Sq) 

Post Office, Post Oflice Sq., bounded by Water, Milk, and 
Devonshire Sts. (Any North Station surface car on Wash- 
ington St.) 

United States Immigration Office, Long Wharf, Atlantic 
Ave. (Elevated to State St.) 

Some large mercantile buildings are Ames Building, Blake 
Building, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Exchange Building, 
Jordan Marsh Co., John Hancock Building, Old South building, 
and Tremont Building. 

Directory of Halls 

Boston Symphony Hall, corner of Massachusetts and 
Huntington Aves. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to 
Massachusetts Ave.) 

Chickering Hall, 239 Huntington Ave. (Huntnigton Ave. 
surface car in Subway to Massachusetts Ave.) 

Copley Hall, 194 Clarendon St. (Any Huntington Ave. or 
Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Clarendon St.) 

Faneuil Hall, Faneuil Hall Sq. (Subway to Scollay Sq.) 

Faelton Hall, 30 Huntington Ave. (Any Huntington Ave. 
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Ford Hall, 15 Asliburtoii PI. (Subway to Park St.) 

Horticultural Hall, corner of Huntington and Massachusetts 
Aves. (Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Massachu- 
setts Ave.) 

Huntington Hall, Rogers Building. (Any Huntington Ave 
or Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Clarendon St.) 

Huntington Chambers Hall, 30 Huntington Ave. (Hunt- 
liigton Ave. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) 

Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, corner 
of Huntington Ave. and Gainsborough St. (Brooivhne Village 
Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Gainsborough St.) 

Lorimer Hall, Tremont Temple Building, Tremont St. 
(Subway to Park St.) 

Masonic Temple Halls, corner of Tremont and Boylston 

St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

Mechanics Building Halls, Huntington Ave. (Huntington 
Ave. surface car in Subway to Garrison St.) 

Paul Revere Hall, Mechanics Building, Huntington Ave. 
(Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Garrison St.) 

Pierce Hall, Pierce Building, corner of Huntington Ave. 
and Dartmouth St. (Any Huntington Ave. car in Subway to 
Dartmouth St.) 

Potter Hall, New Century Building, 177 Huntington Ave. 
(Huntington Ave. surface car in Subway to Norway St.) 

Public Library Building Lecture Hall, Boylston St. (Any 
Boylston St. surface car in Subway to Dartmouth St.) 

Steinert Hall, 162 Boylston St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

The Tuileries, 270 Commonwealth Ave. (Any Boylston 
St. surface car in Subway to Gloucester St.) 

Tremont Temple, Tremont St. (Subway to Park St.) 

Union Hall, Young Men's Christian Union, 48 Boylston St. 
(Subway to Boylston St.) 

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Opera House and Theatres 

Boston Opera House, corner of Huntington Ave., Opera 
Place, and St. Stephens St. (Huntington Ave. Brookiine Village 
car to Opera Place.) Foundation laid by Eben D. Jordan 
December, 1908, Governor Curtis Guild making the address. 
Tiie building is beautiful architecturally. In the interior the 
curving' lines of construction are restful and the color is har- 
monious. It has the most perfectly equipped stage in the 
world, the acoustic properties are fine, and one can see from 
every seat in the house. There are seats for 2750 people, 
there being 84 boxes. 

Hollis St, Theatre, Hollis St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

Shubert Theatre, Tremont St. opp. Hollis St. (Subway to 
Boylston St.) 

Colonial Theatre, Boylston St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

Tremont Theatre, Tremont St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

Park Theatre, Washington St. (Subway or Tunnel to 
Boylston St.) 

Boston Theatre, Washington St. (Subway or Tunnel to 
Boylston St.) Largest and oldest theatre. 

Majestic Theatre, Tremont St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 

Pljmiouth Theatre, Eliot St., near Tremont St. (Subway to 
Boylston St.) 

Keith's Theatre, Tremont St. (Subway to Boylston St.) 
High-class vaudeville. 

National Theatre, Tremont St ., near Berkeley St . (Tremont 
St. car to the theatre.) 

Castle Square Theatre, corner of Castle and Tremont Sts, 
(Tremont St. surface car to Castle Sq.) Stock company. 

Orpheum. (Subway to Park St.or Washing;ton St. surface 
car to Summer St.) Vaudeville. Popular prices. 

Pops, Symphony Hall. CHuntington Ave. surface car in 
Subway to Massachusetts Ave.) Popular concerts every night 
but Sunday during May and June. Fine orchestra of 55 pieces. 
Light refreshments served on floor. 
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Parks and Pleasure Grounds 

The Park System is considered the tlnest in America. The 
Metropohtan Park District includes ^8 cities and towns, in ail 
but six of whicli may be found some portion of the park 
system. The reservations and parkways have upwards of 
10,000 acres, — over 7,000 acres included in large reservations 
of woodland, and the balance made up of small reservations, ten 
miles of seashore, fifty miles on the banks of three rivers, and 
over thirty miles of parkways. The parkways include Blue 
Hills, Lynn Fells, Lynnway, Middlesex Fells, Neponset River, 
and Revere Beach. 

The Charles River Dam, finished in October, 1908, creates 
a basin eight miles in length, extending from Craigie Bridge to 
Watertown Dam, making a water park distinctive in America 
and rivaling the beautiful Alster Basin of Hamburg, Germany. 
This gives a wonderful opportunity for canoeing. The 
lower lock-gate of the Dam is the only one of its kind in 
the world. The water is held at a level of eight feet above 
mean low water mark, and the basin has a shore line of seven- 
teen and a half miles extending through Boston, Cambridge, 
Newton, and Watertown. This distance eventually is to be all 
Parkway. Several miles of river bank in Cambridge, and an 
esplanade near Mt. Auburn and connecting with the Henry W. 
Longfellow memorial park, are already well towards com- 
pletion. The Charlesbank Esplanade, Boston, is a fashionable 
promenade. 

Bellevue Hill and Stony Brook Reservation. (Train to 
West Roxbury from South Station or take Dedham trolley 
from Dudley St. Transfer Station.) 

For Canoeing on Charles River, Riverside. (Take train from 
South Station or Trinity Place Station, or surface car in Subway 
marked " Norumbega Park.") Greatest canoe carnivals in the 
country held on the Charles. 

Arnold Arboretum, Bussey Woods Park, West Roxbury. 
(Forest Hills surface car in Subway.) Belongs to Harvard. 
223 acres. Largest and finest tree museum in the world. 
Lilac walk. 

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Franklin Park, Franklin Field. Franklin Park electric from 
Dudley St. Transfer Station.) Breathing' place and playground 
for young and old in summer. It ci mtains 527 acres. Good 
ice skating and winter sports in cold weather. 

Blue Hill Reservation. (Electric from Dudley St. Transfer 
Station.) Contains 5,000 acres. Highest land between Maine 
and Florida. Superb view on clear day. 

The Fenway. (Huntington Ave. Brookline Village surface 
car in Subway or Chestnut Hill car.) It contains 115 acres. 
A delightful combination of river vistas and winding roads. 

The Common. (Subway to Park or Boylston St.) About 
48 acres set apart in the seventeenth century as a training field 
and place of recreation. Parades reviewed here. 

Public Garden. (South bound surface car in Subway to 
Garden) Cuntains over 24 acres. Unique in this country. 
BeautituI flowers and shrubs. Special display in May and 
September. Good ice skating in winter. 

Hemlock Gorge and Echo Bridge. (Take Chestnut Hill 
car in Subway. Change at Chestnut Hill.) A wonded reser- 
vatiiiii. Echo from Ellis St. side. 

Marine Park, South Boston. (South Boston, City Point 
car at Park Sq., or at North Station.) Bathing beach, long 
pier, bridge and ferry to Castle Island. Yachting centre. 

Norumbega Park, on Charles River, Auburndale. (Take 
Auburndale Surface car in Subway.) Open in summer. Canoe- 
ing, vaudeville, and "Zoo." 

Lexington Park. (Elevated to Sullivan Sq. Change for 
Le.\ingt(in Park car.) Woods, birds, country, and vaudeville. 

Lynn Woods, Lynn. (Car in Subway at Scollay Sq. 
Change at Central Sq. to Lynn Woods car.) Great forest of 
two thousand acres. One of the largest municipal pleasure 
grounds in the world. 

Hunnewell Estate. (Worcester car at Park Sq. Change 
at Wellesley Hills.) Walk past college on Washington St. 
Several hundred acres open to the public on week days. 
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Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach. (Sluittle or Elevated or 
Washington St. surface car to Rowes Wharf. Steamboat at 
Rowes Wharf.) Open from June to September. Good view 
of Harbor. Vaudeville and sea bathing. 

Revere Beach. (Take Revere Beach surface car in Subway 
at Scollay Sq. I'r Narrow Gauge.) " Wonderland," open in 
summer. Sea bathing and vaudeville. State bath-house. 

Soldiers Field and Stadium. Harvard Athletic Grounds. 
(Cambridge tunnel at Park St. for Harvard Sq.) Baseball and 
track meets in spring. Football in Stadium in fall. 

Longwood Tennis Courts. (Chestnut Hill and Longwood 
Ave. surface car in Subway to Longwood Ave.) Amateur 
championship tournaments played here. 

American League Baseball, Fenway. (Chestnut Hill car 
in Subway.) 

National League Baseball, Columbus Ave. Grounds. 
(Columbus Ave. surface car in Subway at Boylston St.) 

Esplanade between Harvard Bridge and West Boston Bridge. 
(Take car near Scollay Sq. which comes down Hanover St. for 
Cambridge St. across West Boston Bridge, or any Cambridge 
surface car in Subway.) 

Public Playgrounds are on the Common and scattered 
throughout Boston. 

Navy Vessels anchored in Harbor. Take ferry at State St. 
(Elevated to State St.) Navy vessels also may be visited in 
Navy Yard. (Take Sullivan Sq. Elevated to City Sq.) 

Fishing Fleet. At T Wharf on Thursday. (Elevated to 
State St.) Here the tlshing fleet arrives every morning. It is 
an interesting sight to one from inland states to see whole 
boatloads of fish come in and see them speared into barrels 
for shipping, while clams and oysters are measured by the 
bushel, and some of the thrifty fishermen sit mending their 
nets. One sees more activity around the wharf on Thursday 
and Friday than on other mornings. 

Quincy and Faneuil Hall Markets. (Subway to Scollay 
Sq.) Especially interesting on Tiiursdays and Saturdays. Fine 
floral displays on Christmas Eve and at Easter. 
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Wayside Inn, Sudbury. (Train from North Station to 
Wayside Inn Station.) One is met at the station by sending 
word to the landlord in advance, or the mile and a quarter walk 
to the Inn lies through picturesque country. First opened as 
an Inn in 1700 by David Howe and called Howe Tavern. His 
son Ezekiel put up the sign with its rampant red horse from 
which the place took its name Red Horse Tavern. Longfellow's 
lines run in our mind as we approach the Inn 

As ancient is this hostelry 
As any in the land may be 
Built in the old colonial day 
When men lived in a grander way 
With ampler hospitality. 

The old well and the huge oak trees, which must be from 
twelve to fourteen hundred years old, give a touch of antiquity 
which one rarely finds nowadays. The parlor, the dining 
room, the tap room, the ballroom, and Lafayette's room are 
shown in turn. Washington and Lafayette are said to have 
dined in the dining room and further traditions of the house 
are recalled by the old coach in the barn across the street. 
It was owned by Governor Eustis and Lafayette rode in it at 
the laying of the corner stone of Bunker Hill Monument. In 
the parlor we find a letter from Ole Bull, a sword carried by 
General Howe at the Concord fight, and the rhyme on the 
window pane of which Longfellow speaks copied in his own 
hand. 

Royall House, Main St., Medford. (Medford car from 
Sullivan Sq. Elevated Station stopping at George St.) Grounds 
a part of old Ten Hills Farm granted to Governor Winthrop in 
1631, sold to Isaac Royall in 1732, who improved the grounds 
and house, laying out a garden and adding slave quarters which 
are still in existence. Col. Isaac Royall was an absentee during 
the Revolution. The estate was confiscated, but restored to 
his heirs. The Royalls were connected by marriage with John 
Vassall of Cambridge, who built the Longfellow house. Being 
on the high road from Boston to Salem its roof sheltered 
many distinguished guests. Paul Revere passed here on his 
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Mrs. Tidd owned it in more recent years. It is sometimes 
called Hobgoblin Hall. Finest estate of its kind in New England. 
Successively headquarters of Generals Lee, Stark, and Sullivan. 
The house was used as General Stark's Headquarters at the 
time of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Daughters of the American 
Revolution have been interested in the preservation of the 
house by the Royall House Association. It is kept as a museum 
and is open every week day afternoon from 1 to 5. It contains 
a good collection of old furniture, china, Colonial clothing, 
and other relics. There is a fine comparative exhibit of imple- 
ments used in four United States wars, and those interested in 
te.xtiles will find one of the most interesting exhibits in the 
country in the spinning room, the processes of spinning and 
weaving in Colonial days being fully illustrated. Among the 
relics in the museum are glass made by the first factory in 
America, a piece of the old Cradock Bridge upon which Paul 
Revere crossed on his way to Lexington, and a buckle owned 
by Edwin Booth. 

Cradock House, Medford. (Elevated to Sullivan Sq. Tiiere 
take Medford surface car to Medford Sq.) Built in 1634. First 
brick house in the Colony, all of the bricks being brought 
from England. It is the oldest house now standing in North 
America. 

Old Blake House, Dorchester. (Take Edward Everett Sq, 
surface car at South Station.) Once owned by Thomas Aimer, 
last Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Massachusetts. Prop- 
erty confiscated during Revolution. Washington's army passed 
old Blake House on the night when the Continental forces to^ik 
possession of Dorchester Heiglits. Now owned by Dorchester 
Historical Society. Edward Everett born herein 1794. Museum 
and library open free to visitors on Tuesdays and Saturdays 
from 2 to 5. Library contains every obtainable work relating 
to the early history of the town. 

Old Ship Church, Main St., Hingham. (Boat to Nantasket 
Beach at Rowes Wharf. Trolley from Nantasket Beach.) Built 
in 1681. Oldest church in the country still used as a ;ilace of 
worship. 

Marshfield. (Train from South Station.) Drive to the 
country home of Daniel Webster. 
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Marblehead. (Frequent trains from North Station, or 
Marbleiiead car at Haymarket Sq.) Tlie Lee Mansion is an old 
Colonial House, recently opened to the public. The material 
was brought from England. Built by Col. Jeremiah Lee, one 
of the Committee of Safety, in 1768, and one of the wealthiest 
men in the Colony. The woodwork of the house is entirely 
hand carved and the hall is done in solid mahogany. The 
staircase is the widest in the country of the Colonial period. 
The slave quarters are shown, as is the date 1 768 in the pave- 
ment in the side yard. Original paper is on the upper hall, 
original tiling in several rooms, and the old chairs from the 
Gov. John Hancock house are here preserved. Washington 
and Lafayette are said to have been guests at this house. 

The birthplace of Moll Pitcher, the fortune teller of Lynn, 
is near the (veil where Sir Harry Frankland met Agnes Surriage, 
the great beauty, who after the Lisbon earthquake became 
Lady Frankland. General Glover is buried in the Marblehead 
Cemetery. It will be remembered that General Glover and 
his webfooted Marblehead men insured safe passage to Wash- 
ington's troops in crossing the Delaware. Marblehead to-day 
is famous for its Yacht Clubs. Innumerable yachts at anchor 
and coming and going make the harbor very picturesque. 
A ferry takes one across to Marblehead Neck, a beautiful 
summer residential section, where a short walk brings one to 
the open ocean with tiie water breaking upon the rocks. 

Salem. (Many trains daily leave the North Station for Salem, 
and trolley cars leave Sci )liay Sq. in the Subway every half hour.) 
In point of settlement, Salem is the oldest city in Massachu- 
setts. As is well known, Salem was a great shipping center 
and took an active part in the Revolutionary War. The 
Qiiero, a fleet little vessel, carried the first news of the war to 
England, the Colonists wishing, for political reasons, to get 
tiieir story first to English friends. The assistance which Salem 
rendered the American cause in privateering against English 
commerce can scarcely be estimated — four hundred and fifty- 
tlve out of the seven hundred English prizes captured during 
the war were hers. It was a Salem vessel which brought back 
the tlrst news of the Treaty of Peace. The Charter Street 
CemeteiyvcbnX^ms the grave of one of those who came over 
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in the MavfJower. Gallows Hill may be seen, where witches 
were hanged. There were sixteen women and three men con- 
demned and executed in that witchcraft craze, of which Salem 
was the center in about 1692. The Roger IVilliams House, 
corner of North and Essex Sts., is often called the "Witch 
House," from the fact that Judge George Corwin condemned 
the supposed witches here in a back room. 

The Mar;ne Museum of East India Marine Society reminds 
us of the days when captains brought "the riches of the Indies 
to Salem and their ships sailed even to the remotest ports." 
There is a large gallery of portraits of captains and pictures of 
sailing vessels of the period when Salem was the second place 
of importance in New England and owed it largely to her ship- 
ping interests. The Museum contains a remarkable collection 
of what sailors have brought from all over the world, includ- 
ing an interesting carving from boxwood of minute pro- 
portions made by a monk of the fourteenth century. 

The Essex Institute contains the desk used by Nathaniel 
Hawthorne while at the Salem Custom House ; the table upon 
wliich Moll Pitcher told fortunes during the Revolution; a pen 
used by Henry Clay ; a paperweight of Charles Dickens ; and 
Waterloo and Napoleon relics; besides Revolutionary War 
implements and rooms fitted up in the Colonial period. Re- 
ceipts will be found in the Custom House bearing Hawthorne's 
signature. 

Tiiereare many interesting houses in Old Salem, and attractive 
doorways are numerous on Chestnut St., which was the fash- 
ionable residential street of the rich sea merchants. Perhaps 
the least altered house is a bakery, built in 1686, which has 
a projecting second story. Washington once visited at the 
home of Timothy Pickering, who was his Secretary of State. 
In the Assembly House Lafayette dined in 1784, and it is said 
Washington danced there in 1789. 

The name of Hawthon/e brings many Pilgrims to Salem, for 
here he was born in 1804 at 27 Union St. 12 Herbert St. is 
where he lived for ten years after returning from college; 
53 Charter St. is the home of the Peabodys, where he met his 
iovable wife Sophia ; 14 Mall St. is where Hawthorne wrote the 
"Scarlet Letter," and here Field, the publisher, came in 1849 
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and drew from him the reluctant admission that he had written 
something new. The House of Seven Gables, 54 Turner St., 
where Hawthorne's cousin Susan higersol! lived, has recently 
been restored, and is open to the public as a Museum. Haw- 
thorne used frequently to visit his cousin here and was 
fascinated by the nooks and crannies of the old house. The 
fireplaces are fine and the house has a surprising amount of 
room in it. A secret stairway is shown and the Hawthorne 
toaster. If one cares to drive around Salem, a good way 
would be to visit the Marine and Essex Museums first, then 
engage a carriage, with the understanding that one is to be 
left at the " House of the Seven Gables." 

Lexington and Concord. (Trolley from Sullivan Sq. 
Elevated Station, train from North Station, or Sight Seeing Auto 
from Park Sq.) Lexington and Concord have much to offer, 
both literary and historic. Places of unusual interest are: 

Lexington, Monroe Tavern, stopping place of Washington, 
Lafayette, and Louis Kossuth; statue of Captain John Parker; 
stone boulder marking line of the Minute-men; Hancock- 
Clark house, where Samuel Adams and Ji ihn Hancock were 
sleeping when awakened by Paul Revere; Old Belfry from 
whose tower the Minute-men were called together on the 
Common ; tablet marking place where Paul Revere was 
captured. 

Concord, home of Ephraim Bull, who first produced the 
Concord grape — original vine in the yard; "Wayside," the 
home of Hawthorne, with its tower study; tiie " Alcott " 
home and the weather-beaten School of Philosophy; home of 
Ralph Waldo Emerson, where the greatest thinkers of Massa- 
chusetts were d.aily visitors; home of Concord Antiquarian 
society — their Mitseuin contains Paul Revere Lantern, a 
British weapon taken at the North Bridge, and interesting 
Colonial furniture and china ; site of the Meeting House where 
in 1774 the First Provincial Congress met, John Hancock 
presiding; Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, — graves of Emerson, 
Hawthorne, Tiioreau, Louisa and Bronson Alcott, Ephraim 
Bull, and the late Sen.ator Hoar; the old Manse, built by 
Emerson's grandfather, the village parson, and afterwards the 
home of Hawthorne; and the Old North Bridge, with the 
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Battle Monument and the Minute-man Statue. The Concord 
Public Library is the outgrowth of the first public library in 
America. It contains a remarkable collection of books and 
manuscripts of Concord authors. 

Quincy. (Train from South Station or car from Dudley St. 
Transfer Station to Neponset. There take car for Quincy.) 
"The City of Presidents," so called from being the birthplace 
of the two Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, 
who did so much for the Commonwealth and the nation. 

In the cfotral square we find the churcli under whose 
portico are the tombs of the two Presidents and their gifted 
wives. Tiie Adams' Academy, founded by John Adams, 
stands on the site of the house where John Hancock was 
born. The birthplace of John Adams, built in l68l, is now 
in charge of the Adams Chapter of the D. R. A cheese-strainer 
belonging to Abigail Adams and a slipper which she wore at 
the Court of France are shown, and the wide boards on the 
floor and a hiding-place in the fireplace are of interest. The 
home of John and Abigail Adams and the birthplace of John 
Quincy Adams is cared for by the Adams Historical Society. 
Among things which are shown are hand-made nails and 
hinges, the deed of land from the Indians, and Josiah Quincy's 
spectacles. A short walk brings us to the cairn on Penn's 
Hill, where Abigail Adams, fit helpmeet to a patriot, looked 
across with her little son to see the smoke from the battle in 
Charlestown, and prayed "Almighty God to cover the heads 
of her countrymen." 

Taking the car, we come back through the square to the 
Dorothy Quincy Mansion, which has attractive grounds and 
an avenue approach to the house. The Colonial dames, with 
their arrangement of china, pewter, and Sheriton and Chippen- 
dale furniture, have succeeded in giving one the charm and 
distinction of other days. Even the kitchen with its furnish- 
ings has a grace of its own. Tiie kitchen was built in 1635. 
A secret stairway which led from the cellar to a hiding-place 
aloft is shown, as are also Dorothy's apron and the chair in 
which John Hancock sat when he was inaugurated Governor ; 
and in one of the rooms the wall paper is still on the wall 
which was put on at the time of their wedding. If one could 
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enter but one historical iiome in Quincy he would do well to 
choose this one. Presidents' Lane is the road up which John 
Adams used to walk morning and evening to see the sun rise 
and set. 

There are two industries which should not be overlooked 
in a visit to Quincy. In 1696 the first boat was built here. 
Now the Fore River Ship Yards are building ships of every 
kind and size, including our great battleships. The granite 
quarries which long ago furnished material for King's Chapel 
and Bunker Hill Monument are still being worked, the supply 
seemingly inexhaustible. It was these quarries which were 
the occasion of the first railroad in the country being built 
in 1826. 

Plymouth. (Train from South Station or boat from 
Rowes Wharf.) 

It is with especial veneration that we approach Plymouth 
with its associations with the past, — our past. The great 
National Monument to the Forefathers is an allegorical repre- 
sentation of the traits and characteristics that our ancestors 
must have possessed to be pioneers in those strenuous days. 
A colossal statue of Faith crowns the whole. Near Pilgrim 
Hall is a tablet upon which the compact signed on the May- 
flower is inscribed. In the Hall are John Alden's Bible and 
the cradle belonging to the tiny Peregrine White, the first 
child to be born in Plymouth Colony. In the Standish case, 
with more belonging to the sturdy Captain, we find his sword 
of Damascus with its ancient Arabic inscription. The Court 
House contains the Standish will and Governor Bradford's 
signature. Governor Bradford is buried on Burial Hill, and 
there is a monument to the Missit)nary Adoniram Judson. 
We pass the site of Governor Bradford's house and come to 
Plymouth Rock, to an American the most thrilling of all 
monuments. 

Boston as a Trip Center 

Some Interesting and Beautiful Summer Resorts 
near Boston 

Starting from North Station. (Elevated to North Station, 
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Sq.) Nahant, Bass Rocks, East Gloucester, Marhlehead, Mag- 
nolia, Beverly, Manchester, Swampscott, Lexington, Concord, 
and the White Mountains. 

Starting from South Station. (Elevated to South Sta- 
tion or Washington St. surface car marked South Station.) 
Cohasset, Hingham, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Buzzards Bay, 
Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, and 
Pittstleld. 

Beautiful Trolley Rides from Boston 

Shorter Trips 

Arlington Heights. (Harvard Sq. surface car in Subway. 
Change at Harvard Sq .) 

Auburndale. (Auburndale surface car at Park St.) 

Brookline. (Beacon St. or Commonwealth Ave. surface car 
at Park St.) 

Cambridge. (Any Harvard Square surface car in Subway. 
Change at Harvard Square. 

Chestnut Hill Reservoir. (Reservoir car at Park St.) 

Middlesex Fells. (Take car from lower level from Sullivan 
Sq. transfer station.) 

Norumbega Park. (Auburndale car at Park St.) 
Longer Trips 

Bass Point and Nahant. Take Lynn car at ScoUay Sq. in 
Subway and change for Nahant and Bass Point. 

Beverly Cove. The "Summer Capital." Take Salem and 
Beverly car in Subway at Scollay Sq. and change for Beverly 
Cove. Leave car at Ober and Hale Sts., the nearest point to 
the summer home of President Taft. 

Blue Hills, Milton. Take Mattapan and Brockton car at 
Dudley St. transfer station to Administration Road. 

Gloucester and Cape Ann. Take Salem and Beverly car in 
Scollay Sq. Subway, Brattle St. entrance. Change at Beverly 
to Gloucester car. 

Lynn Woods. Take car at Scollay Sq. in Subway and 
change at Central Sq.for the woods. 

Marblehead. Take car at Scollay Sq. in Subway to Swamp- 
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Mystic and Merrimac Valleys and along the North Shore. 

Take cur i\t Sullivan Sq. tninsfer station to Lowell via W(>buin; 
change for Haverhill along picturesque Merrimac River. Re- 
turn to Boston by way of Newburyport, Ipswich Junction, 
and Beverly. 

Nantasket Beach. Take car from Dudley St. transfer 
station to Neponset ; there change for Nantasket car going by 
way of Quincy, Weymouth, and Hingham. 

Plymouth. At Dudley St. transfer station take car to Matta- 
pan Sq. ; there change to Brockton car, and at Main and Cres- 
cent Sts., Biockti)n, change to car for Plymouth. 

Revere Beach. Take surface car in Subway a*^ Scollay Sq. 
to the beach. 

Salem and Marblehead. Take Salem car in Subway at 
Scollay Sq. and change for Marblehead; there take Lynn car and 
change at SwampscDtt. 

Sharon. Take car to Mattapan at Dudley St. transfer station ; 
there take Stoughton car for East Sharon, where change is 
made for Sharon. 

Squantum. At Dudley St transfer station take car to 
Neponset and change for Squantum. 

Day Trips by Water 

Boats for Bass Point and Nahant. Leave Otis Wharf 
hourly during summer. (Elevated or surface cars to Rowes 
Wharf.) 

Boats for Hull and Nantasket Beach. Leave Rowes 
Wharf half hourly during summer. (Elevated i>r surface cars 
to Rowes Wharf.) 

Boat for Gloucester. Leaves Central Wharf daily during 
midsummer at 10 a. m. (Elevated to State St.) 

Boat for Plymouth. During midsummer leaves Rowes 
Wharf daily at 10 a. m., reaching Boston in return at 6 p.m. 
(Elevated or surface car to Rowes Wliarf.) 

Boat for Provincetown. Cape Cod Line. Leaves 400 
Atlantic Ave. at 9 a. m. daily during midsummer, arriving in 
Boston at 6. jO P.m. (Elevated to State St ) First landing- 
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Motor Rides 

The roads radiating from Boston are unusually fine for 
motoring-. We suggest a few Auto Trips out of the many 
wliicii may be tal<en : 

Along the North Shore. 

Along the South Shore. 

To Groton by State Road through Concord and Acton. 

To Sharon through Milton. 

By Lynn — State Road to Lynn. 

State Road to Wayside Inn, Sudbury. 

Worcester through the Newtons and Wellesley. 

Walks or Tramps near Boston 

For students or those spending some time in Boston a brief 
list selected from the many possible walks which might be 
taken near Boston may not be amiss. Those not caring for 
long tramps should follow the trolley directions as given in 
other parts of the book and use the places mentioned in our 
list as centers for short walks. 

The Common Public Gardens 

The Fenway Chariesbank Esplanade 

Cambridge Waverley and Belmont 

Brookline The Newtons 

Wellesley Middlesex Fells 

Franklin Park Blue Hills 

Arnold Arboretum Lynn Woods 

Bellevue Hill Stony Brook Reservation 

Beautiful country walks may be taken around Sharon, Lexing- 
ton, Concord, and Wayside Inn, Sudbury. 



Note 

The Ntilshell is intended to be terse, yet to convey an intelli- 
gent idea of Boston. Suggestions for additions or changes 
will be gladly received and considered for another edition. 
Address "The Nutshell Seeing Boston Co.," Box 53, Back Bay 
P. O., Boston, Mass. 

Sent to any address in the United States on receipt of 
30 cents in postage stamps. 

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INDEX 



The advertisements in the front and back of this book 

will be of service to you 

Illustrations: Frontispiece and pages 3, 15, 21, 31, 45, 63, 77 



Boston — Old and New ■ • ' 
Transportation 

Railroad Stations 5 

Steamship Lines 7 

Transatlantic — Coastwise 

To New York — Ferries 
Key to Trolley System 9 

Hotels 10 

Places of Historic Interest 

IHAKI.HS'lliWN 13 

(lid I'hipps St Burying Ground 

Birthplace of Sanuiel Morse 

Bunker Hill Monument 

Navy Yard 
North End '4 

Constitution Wharf 

Christ Clmrch 

Hull Street 

Site of Old Gallnupe House 

Copps Hill Burying Ground. 

Birthplace ofKev. S. !■. Snuth 

Site of Hon'e of Robert Newman 

Paul Revere House 

Boston Stone 
Near South Station .... 17 

Site of Griffin Wharf 

Old Custom House 
HEART OF Boston 17 

Faneuil Hall 

Scene of Boston Massacre 

Old State House 

Old Court House 

Old South Meeting House 

Site where Ben. Franklin was born 

Site of Province House 

Sprinij Lane 

King's Chapel 

King's Chapel Buryinij Ground 

Park St. Church 

Old Granary Burying Grountl 

Site of Liberty Tree 

State House 

Site of Home of John Hancock 

Common 

Site of House of Blackstone 
West End 23 

Revere House 

Old West Church 
SOUTH BOSTON 23 

Dorchester Heights 

JAMAICA Plain 24 

Forest Hills Cemetery 
Cambridge 24 

Washington Elm 

Mt. Auburn Cemetery 

Christ Church 
Apthorp House 

Longfellow House 

Elmwood 

Home of Alice Freeman Palmer 

A Literary Ramble in Boston 26 

Site of Emerson's Birthplace 
Old Corner Bookstore Building 
Homes of Charles Snmner, Wendell 
Phillips, Edwin Booth, Louisa May 
Alcott, James T. Fields, Sarah Orne 
Jewett, Margaret Deland, Phillips 
Brooks, Julia Ward Howe, Oliver 
Wendell Holmes 

Museums 27 

Museum of Fine Arts 

Boston Natural History Museum 

Fogg Museum 

Fenway Court 



Libraries • . 30 

Public Library 

Art in Public Library 

N. E. Historic Genealogical Society 

Boston Athenneum 

Congregational Library 

Mass. Military Historical Association 

Youth's Companion Building 

Massachusetts Historical Society 

Boston Medical Library 

Universities, Colleges, 

Schools 34 

Harvard University 

Radclirfe College 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Boston University 

Simmons College 

School for Social Workers 

Wellesley College 

Tufts College 

Boston College 

Lowell Institute Free Public Lectures 

Public Latin School 

Educational and Industrial . 38 

Trade School for Girls 

Women's Educational and Industrial 

Ihiion 
North Bennett St. Industrial School 

Educational and Industrial 
Work for Defectives . 39 

Horace Mann School for Deaf 
Sarah Fuller House 
Mass. Commission for Blind 
Perkins Institution for Blind 
Kindergarten for Blind 
School for Feeble Minded 

Art, Music, and Other Schools 

ART 42 

School of Drawing .ind Painting 
Pape School 
Boston Normal Art 
Miss Sacker's School of Decor.ative 
Design 

MUSIC 42 

New England Conservatory of Music 

Whitney School 

Faelten Pianoforte School 

Private Teachers 
PHYSICAL i-{ 

Sargent Schoolfor Physical Education 
SCHOOLS OF E.XPRESSION ... 43 

Emerson School of Oratory 

Leland Powers School 

Musical Organizations ... 44 

Boston Syni|)hony Orchestra 
Handel and H.aydn Society 
Boston Opera Co. 
Pierian Sodality 
Macpowell Club 
St. Cecilia Society 
Apollo Club 

Choral Union and People's Singing 
Classes 

Clubs which Foster Art 4^' 

Cojjley Society 
Boston Art Club 
Society of Arts and Crafts 
Boston Architectural Club 

Military Organizations ... 47 

Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
First Corps of Cadets 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
Headquarters of the Dept. ol Mass. 

Grand Army of the Republic 
Legion of Spanisli Veterans 
Masonic Headquarters 



INDEX— Continued 



Clubs and Other Organiza- 
tions 48 

Chamber of Commerce 

Algonquin Club 

Somerset Club 

Union Club 

Puritan Club 

Tavern Club 

City Club 

St. Botolph Club 

Tennis and Racquet Club 

University Club 

Women's College Club 

Chilton Club 

Bostonian Society 

Boston Browning Society 

Elysium Club 

Boston Caledonian Club 

Boston Athletic Association 

Appalachian Mountain Club 

Eastern Yacht Club 

Boston Yacht Club 

Social and Civic 51 

Massachusetts Civic League 
Women's Municipal League 
Boston — 1915 
Twentieth Century Club 
Monday Evening Club 

Charity and Philanthropy . 52 

Y. M. C, A 

Y. M.C. U. 

Y. W. C. A. 

South End House 

Denison House 

Franklin Square House 

Sailors' Haven 

Floating Hospital 

Massachusetts General Hospital 

Instructive District Nursing Asso. 

Bureau of Milk Inspection 

Milk and Baby Hygiene Asso. 

Charity Building 

Associated Charities 

Children's Aid Society 

Board of Overseers of Poor 

Federated Jewish Charities 

St. Vincent de Paul 

German Aid Society 

State Board of Charity 

Florence Crittenden League of Com- 
passion 

Salvation Army Headquarters 

Mass. W. C. T. A, 

Children's Mission tu Children of 
Destitute 

Home for Destitute Catholic Children 

Animal Rescue League ■ 

Phillips Brooks House 

'Leading Churches 

Baptist 61 

Congregational 61 

Christian science 62 

Episcopal 62 

METHODIST Episcopal ... 64 

New Church (Swedenborgian) . 64 

Presbyterian 65 

ROMAN Catholic 65 

Unitarian 65 

Universalist 66 

Jewish Synagogue 66 

Hospitals 67 

Massachusetts General 

Boston City 

Massachusetts Homeopathic 

Carney 

St. Elizabeth's 

Children's 

Massachusetts Charitable Eye and tar 

Floating 

vfonuments and Statues . . 68 

Shaiv 

Horace Mann 
Soldiers and Sailors 
Emancipation Group 
Charles Sumner 

Group Commemorating Discovery of 
Ether 



Equestrian Statue of Washington 
Phillips Brooks 
Leif Ericson 
Farragut 

Public Buildings and Offices 69 

City Hall 

Court House 

Custom House 

Old Court House 

Police Headquarters 

Post Office 

U. S. Immigration Office 

List of large Mercantile Buildings 

Halls 69 

Symphony, Chickering, Copley, Faneuil, 
Faelton, p'ord, Horticultural, Hunt- 
ington, Huntington Chambers, Jordan, 
Lurinur Hall,Mu»oiuc Temple. 
Mechanics Building, Paul Revere, 
Pierce, Potter, Public Library Build- 
ing, Steinert, Tuileries, Tremont 
Temple, Union 

Opera House and Theatres 71 

Opera House Boston 

Hollis Street Majestic 

Shubert Keith's 

Colonial Castle Square 

Tremont American Music Hall 

Park Pops 

Parks and Pleasure Grounds 72 

Park System 
Charles River Dam 

Bellevue Hill and Stony Brook Reser- 
vation 
Canoeing 
Arnold Arboretum 
Franklin Park 
Blue Hill Reservation 
Fenway 
Common 
Public Garden 

Hemlock Gorge and Echo Bridge 
Marine Park 
Nonimbega Park 
Lexington Park 
Lynn Woods 
Hunnewell Estate 
Paragon Park 
Revere Beach 
Soldiers Field and Stadium 
Longwood Tennis Courts 
American League Baseball 
National League Baseball 
Esplanade 
Public Playgrounds 
Navy Vessels 
Fishing Fleet 
Quincy and Faneuil Hall Markets 

Historic Environs 75 

Wayside Inn, Sudbury 

Royall House, Medford 

Cradock House. Medford 

Old Blake House, Dorchester 

Old Ship Church, Hingham 

Marshfield 

Marblehead 

Salem 

Lexington 

Concord 

Quincy 

Plymouth 

Boston as a Trip Center . . 82 

Starting from North Station 
Siartiiig from South Station 

TROLLEY Rides 83 

Day Trips by Wathk ... 84 

MOTOR Rides 85 

Walks or Tramps 85 

Note 8s 

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Billiard Tables 

Brunswick - Balke - CollenJer Co., 
86 Washington St. 

China, Glass and Pottery 

Jones. McDuffee & Stratton Co., 
33 Franklin St., cor. Hawley St. 
Paul Revere Pottery, i8 Hull St. 

Confectionery 

New England Confectionery Co.. 
"Necco Sweets." 253 Summer St. 
Foss Chocolates, 112 Canal St. 

Corsets 

Mile Claff, 420 Boylston St. 
Goodwin Corsets, 687 Boylston St 
Wade Corsets, 462 Boylston St. 

Daily Newspaper 

Boston Transcript, 324 Washington 
St. 

Drugs 
Melvin & Badger, 43 Temple PI. 
John 1. Brown & Son, 144 Oliver St. 

Excursions 

Gloucester and North Shore, Cen- 
tral Wharf 
Sight Seeing Auto Co., 14 Park Sq. 

Gravestones 

Westerly Granite Co., 355 Boylston 
St. 

Hairdressers 

Eonnst Bros.. 420 Boylston St. 



Stone & Forsyth, 67 Kingston St. 

Ladies' Specialty Shops 

A. L. La Vers Co., 190 Boylston St. 
E. T. Slattery Co., 155 Tremont St. 

Laundry 

Pilgrim Laundry, Telephone Rox- 
Dury 2880 

Men's Furnishings 

Hewins & HoUis, 4 Hamilton Place 

Music and Musical Instruments 

Edmund F. Bryant, 165 Tremont St. 
Boston Music Co.. 26 West St. 
Oliver Ditson Co., 150 Tremont St. 

Photographer 

Marceau, i5o Tremont St. 

Typewriters 

The Ameiican Writing Machine 
Co., 38 Bromfield St. 

Where to Lunch and Dine 

Adams House, 553 Washington St. 
Hotel Puritan, 290 Commonwealth 

Ave. 
Hotel Touraine, Cor. Boylston and 

Tremont Sts. 
Parker House, Cor. Tremont and 

School Sts. 
Young's Hotel. Court St. 



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INDEX TO MAP 



O HOTELS 

T Hotel Touraine 

2 Hotel Somerset 
2A Hotel Puritan 

3 Hotel Vendome 

4 Hotel Victoria 

5 Hotel Westminster 

6 Hotel Brunswick 

7 Hotel Lenox 

8 Copley Square Hotel 

9 Hotel Thorndike 
ID Adams House 

11 Hotel Bellevue 

12 Parker House 

13 Young's Hotel 

14 United States Hotel 

15 Hotel Essex 

16 Copley- Plaza 

17 Hotel Georgian 

18 Hemenway Chambers 

■PLACES OF 
AMUSEMENT 

19 Shubert Theatre 

20 Hollis St. Theatre 

21 Colonial Theatre 

22 Majestic Theatre 

23 Tremont Theatre 

24 Park Theatre 

25 Boston Theatre 

26 Keith's Theatre 

27 American Music Hall 

28 Castle Square Theatre 

29 Boston Opara House 
Q2 Plymouth Theatre 
93 National Theatre 

• HISTORICAL PLACES 

Bunker Hill Monument 
Navy Yard 

30 Christ Church (Old North 

Church) 
Copps Hill Burying Ground 
Faneuil Hall 

31 Old State House 

32 Old South Meeting House 

and Museum 

33 King's Chapel Burying Ground 
Old Granary Burying Ground 

34 Old Corner Book Store 
State House 

35 Old West Church 

36 Paul Revere House 

* ART, ETC. 

Museum of Fine Arts 
Fenway Court 

51 New England Conservatory of 

Music 

52 Boston Norma! Art School 



D EDUCATIONAL INST'S 

40 The Boston Athenaeum 

41 The Boston Natural History 

Museum 
The Public Library 

42 Massachusetts Historical 

Society 

43 Boston University 

44 Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology 
Harvard Medical School 
Simmons College 

45 Horace Mann School for Deaf 

e CLUBS AND HALLS 

The Boston Athletic Association 

60 Boston S>'niphony Hall 
Mechanics Building 

61 Steinert Hall 

62 Huntington Hall 

63 Chickering Hall 

64 Horticultural Hall 

Jordan Hall (N. E. Conserva- 
tory of Music) 

65 Boston City Club 

66 Ford Hall Building 



* CHURCHES AND 
CHARITY 

70 Trfinont Temple 

71 First Baptist Church 

72 Clarendon Street Baptist Church 

73 (New) Old South Church 

74 Park St Church 

75 Central Congregational Church 

76 Arlington St. Church 

77 Mt. Vernon Church 
Trinity Church 

Holy Cross Cathedral, R. C. 

78 South Congregational Church 
King's Chapel 

People's Palace (Salvation 
Army) 
81 Sailors' Haven (Charlestown) 

79 1 he First Church of Christ 

(Scientist) 

80 Denison House 
Sj St Paul's Church 

85 Church of the Advent 

84 St. Stephen's Church 

85 Children's Mission 

86 Chanty Building 

87 First Presbyterian Church 

88 Notie Dame des Victoires, R. C. 

89 St. James Roman Catholic 

Church 

90 Columbus Avenue Universalist 

Church 

91 South End House 






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